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+?RCS: $Id: spitshell.U,v 3.0.1.4 1997/02/28 16:22:12 ram Exp $
+?RCS:
+?RCS: Copyright (c) 1991-1993, Raphael Manfredi
+?RCS:
+?RCS: You may redistribute only under the terms of the Artistic Licence,
+?RCS: as specified in the README file that comes with the distribution.
+?RCS: You may reuse parts of this distribution only within the terms of
+?RCS: that same Artistic Licence; a copy of which may be found at the root
+?RCS: of the source tree for dist 3.0.
+?RCS:
+?RCS: $Log: spitshell.U,v $
+?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.4 1997/02/28 16:22:12 ram
+?RCS: patch61: removed useless chatter as this is now done very early
+?RCS:
+?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.3 1995/01/11 15:37:01 ram
+?RCS: patch45: use 'test -f' instead of 'test -r' for exec-only cat progs (WED)
+?RCS: patch45: protected "sh -c" within backquotes for Linux and SGI
+?RCS:
+?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.2 1994/08/29 16:33:00 ram
+?RCS: patch32: don't create spitshell under the UU directory
+?RCS: patch32: allow for cat in /bin or /usr/bin
+?RCS:
+?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.1 1993/09/13 16:12:58 ram
+?RCS: patch10: made #!-failure message more friendly (WAD)
+?RCS:
+?RCS: Revision 3.0 1993/08/18 12:09:49 ram
+?RCS: Baseline for dist 3.0 netwide release.
+?RCS:
+?MAKE:spitshell shsharp sharpbang: eunicefix sh
+?MAKE: -pick add $@ %<
+?S:spitshell:
+?S: This variable contains the command necessary to spit out a runnable
+?S: shell on this system. It is either cat or a grep -v for # comments.
+?S:.
+?S:shsharp:
+?S: This variable tells further Configure units whether your sh can
+?S: handle # comments.
+?S:.
+?S:sharpbang:
+?S: This variable contains the string #! if this system supports that
+?S: construct.
+?S:.
+?T:xcat
+: see if sh knows # comments
+?X: This is loaded up early, so avoid being chatty.
+?X: echo " "
+?X: echo "Checking your $sh to see if it knows about # comments..." >&2
+if `$sh -c '#' >/dev/null 2>&1`; then
+?X: echo "Your $sh handles # comments correctly."
+ shsharp=true
+ spitshell=cat
+?X: echo " "
+?X: echo "Okay, let's see if #! works on this system..."
+ xcat=/bin/cat
+ test -f $xcat || xcat=/usr/bin/cat
+ echo "#!$xcat" >try
+ $eunicefix try
+ chmod +x try
+ ./try > today
+ if test -s today; then
+?X: echo "It does."
+ sharpbang='#!'
+ else
+ echo "#! $xcat" > try
+ $eunicefix try
+ chmod +x try
+ ./try > today
+ if test -s today; then
+?X: echo "It does."
+ sharpbang='#! '
+ else
+?X: echo "Okay, let's see if #! works on this system..."
+?X: echo "It's just a comment."
+ sharpbang=': use '
+ fi
+ fi
+else
+ echo " "
+ echo "Your $sh doesn't grok # comments--I will strip them later on."
+ shsharp=false
+?X: The spitshell script will be perused, so leave it out the UU directory
+ cd ..
+ echo "exec grep -v '^[ ]*#'" >spitshell
+ chmod +x spitshell
+ $eunicefix spitshell
+ spitshell=`pwd`/spitshell
+ cd UU
+ echo "I presume that if # doesn't work, #! won't work either!"
+ sharpbang=': use '
+fi
+rm -f try today
+