Re: support for POSIX 1003.1-2001 hosts

This is an interesting patch, but have not heard anyone else have this
problem and am hesitant to add more cost to fix something that may not
be broken.  Sorry.

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Paul Eggert wrote:
> The new POSIX standard is now official (IEEE Std 1003.1-2001), and it
> has removed support for some obsolete utility options that PostgreSQL
> uses in a few places.  Basically, the new POSIX has removed
> digit-string options (e.g., "tail -1") and options beginning with "+"
> (e.g., "sort +1").  It also requires 'sort -o foo foo' rather than
> 'sort foo -o foo'.  I'm using an experimental environment that insists
> on the new standard, so I tend to run into these problems before other
> people do.
>
> Here is a proposed patch, relative to PostgreSQL 7.2.  I've done this
> by code inspection; I haven't actually run the tests.  The biggest
> pain is with "sort", since I assume you still want to run on ancient
> hosts that do not support the POSIX "sort -k" syntax; the patches
> below fall back on the traditional syntax if the POSIX syntax does
> not seem to work.
>
> 2002-02-24  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>
>
>     Port to POSIX 1003.1-2001 hosts.
>
>     * doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml, configure.in: Don't use head -1.
>
>     * src/test/regress/expected/select.out,
>     src/test/regress/expected/select_distinct.out,
>     src/test/regress/sql/select.sql,
>     src/test/regress/sql/select_distinct.sql,
>     src/tools/make_keywords: Don't assume sort +N.
>
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v
> retrieving revision 7.2
> diff -pu -r7.2 doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
> --- doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml    2002/01/20 22:19:56    7.2
> +++ doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml    2002/02/25 06:47:43
> @@ -2395,7 +2395,7 @@ default:\
>     <filename>postmaster.pid</filename> in the data directory. So for
>     example, to do a fast shutdown:
>  <screen>
> -$ <userinput>kill -INT `head -1 /usr/local/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid`</userinput>
> +$ <userinput>kill -INT `sed q /usr/local/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid`</userinput>
>  </screen>
>    </para>
>    <para>
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: src/test/regress/expected/select.out,v
> retrieving revision 7.2
> diff -pu -r7.2 src/test/regress/expected/select.out
> --- src/test/regress/expected/select.out    2001/07/16 05:07:00    7.2
> +++ src/test/regress/expected/select.out    2002/02/25 06:49:50
> @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
>  -- SELECT
>  --
>  -- btree index
> --- awk '{if($1<10){print;}else{next;}}' onek.data | sort +0n -1
> +-- awk '{if($1<10){print;}else{next;}}' onek.data | (sort -k 1,1n 2>/dev/null || sort +0n -1)
>  --
>  SELECT onek.* WHERE onek.unique1 < 10
>     ORDER BY onek.unique1;
> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ SELECT onek.* WHERE onek.unique1 < 10
>  (10 rows)
>
>  --
> --- awk '{if($1<20){print $1,$14;}else{next;}}' onek.data | sort +0nr -1
> +-- awk '{if($1<20){print $1,$14;}else{next;}}' onek.data | (sort -k 1,1nr 2>/dev/null || sort +0nr -1)
>  --
>  SELECT onek.unique1, onek.stringu1
>     WHERE onek.unique1 < 20
> @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ SELECT onek.unique1, onek.stringu1
>  (20 rows)
>
>  --
> --- awk '{if($1>980){print $1,$14;}else{next;}}' onek.data | sort +1d -2
> +-- awk '{if($1>980){print $1,$14;}else{next;}}' onek.data | (sort -k 2,2d 2>/dev/null || sort +1d -2)
>  --
>  SELECT onek.unique1, onek.stringu1
>     WHERE onek.unique1 > 980
> @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ SELECT onek.unique1, onek.stringu1
>
>  --
>  -- awk '{if($1>980){print $1,$16;}else{next;}}' onek.data |
> --- sort +1d -2 +0nr -1
> +-- (sort -k 2,2d -k 1,1nr 2>/dev/null || sort +1d -2 +0nr -1)
>  --
>  SELECT onek.unique1, onek.string4
>     WHERE onek.unique1 > 980
> @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ SELECT onek.unique1, onek.string4
>
>  --
>  -- awk '{if($1>980){print $1,$16;}else{next;}}' onek.data |
> --- sort +1dr -2 +0n -1
> +-- (sort -k 2,2dr -k 1,1n 2>/dev/null || sort +1dr -2 +0n -1)
>  --
>  SELECT onek.unique1, onek.string4
>     WHERE onek.unique1 > 980
> @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ SELECT onek.unique1, onek.string4
>
>  --
>  -- awk '{if($1<20){print $1,$16;}else{next;}}' onek.data |
> --- sort +0nr -1 +1d -2
> +-- (sort -k 1,1nr -k 2,2d 2>/dev/null || sort +0nr -1 +1d -2)
>  --
>  SELECT onek.unique1, onek.string4
>     WHERE onek.unique1 < 20
> @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ SELECT onek.unique1, onek.string4
>
>  --
>  -- awk '{if($1<20){print $1,$16;}else{next;}}' onek.data |
> --- sort +0n -1 +1dr -2
> +-- (sort -k 1,1n -k 2,2dr 2>/dev/null || sort +0n -1 +1dr -2)
>  --
>  SELECT onek.unique1, onek.string4
>     WHERE onek.unique1 < 20
> @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ SELECT onek.unique1, onek.string4
>  --
>  ANALYZE onek2;
>  --
> --- awk '{if($1<10){print $0;}else{next;}}' onek.data | sort +0n -1
> +-- awk '{if($1<10){print $0;}else{next;}}' onek.data | (sort -k 1,1n 2>/dev/null || sort +0n -1)
>  --
>  SELECT onek2.* WHERE onek2.unique1 < 10;
>   unique1 | unique2 | two | four | ten | twenty | hundred | thousand | twothousand | fivethous | tenthous | odd |
even| stringu1 | stringu2 | string4  
> @@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ SELECT onek2.* WHERE onek2.unique1 < 10;
>  (10 rows)
>
>  --
> --- awk '{if($1<20){print $1,$14;}else{next;}}' onek.data | sort +0nr -1
> +-- awk '{if($1<20){print $1,$14;}else{next;}}' onek.data | (sort -k 1,1nr 2>/dev/null || sort +0nr -1)
>  --
>  SELECT onek2.unique1, onek2.stringu1
>      WHERE onek2.unique1 < 20
> @@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ SELECT onek2.unique1, onek2.stringu1
>  (20 rows)
>
>  --
> --- awk '{if($1>980){print $1,$14;}else{next;}}' onek.data | sort +1d -2
> +-- awk '{if($1>980){print $1,$14;}else{next;}}' onek.data | (sort -k 2,2d 2>/dev/null || sort +1d -2)
>  --
>  SELECT onek2.unique1, onek2.stringu1
>     WHERE onek2.unique1 > 980;
> @@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ SELECT p.name, p.age FROM person* p;
>  -- awk '{if(NF!=2){print $3,$2;}else{print;}}' - emp.data |
>  -- awk '{if(NF!=2){print $3,$2;}else{print;}}' - student.data |
>  -- awk 'BEGIN{FS="      ";}{if(NF!=1){print $4,$5;}else{print;}}' - stud_emp.data |
> --- sort +1nr -2
> +-- (sort -k 2,2nr 2>/dev/null || sort +1nr -2)
>  --
>  SELECT p.name, p.age FROM person* p ORDER BY age using >, name;
>    name   | age
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: src/test/regress/expected/select_distinct.out,v
> retrieving revision 7.2
> diff -pu -r7.2 src/test/regress/expected/select_distinct.out
> --- src/test/regress/expected/select_distinct.out    2000/01/06 06:40:54    7.2
> +++ src/test/regress/expected/select_distinct.out    2002/02/25 06:47:43
> @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ SELECT DISTINCT string4 FROM tmp;
>
>  --
>  -- awk '{print $3,$16,$5;}' onek.data | sort -d | uniq |
> --- sort +0n -1 +1d -2 +2n -3
> +-- (sort -k 1,1n -k 2,2d -k 3,3n 2>/dev/null || sort +0n -1 +1d -2 +2n -3)
>  --
>  SELECT DISTINCT two, string4, ten
>     FROM tmp
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: src/test/regress/sql/select.sql,v
> retrieving revision 7.2
> diff -pu -r7.2 src/test/regress/sql/select.sql
> --- src/test/regress/sql/select.sql    2001/07/16 05:07:00    7.2
> +++ src/test/regress/sql/select.sql    2002/02/25 06:47:43
> @@ -3,20 +3,20 @@
>  --
>
>  -- btree index
> --- awk '{if($1<10){print;}else{next;}}' onek.data | sort +0n -1
> +-- awk '{if($1<10){print;}else{next;}}' onek.data | (sort -k 1,1n 2>/dev/null || sort +0n -1)
>  --
>  SELECT onek.* WHERE onek.unique1 < 10
>     ORDER BY onek.unique1;
>
>  --
> --- awk '{if($1<20){print $1,$14;}else{next;}}' onek.data | sort +0nr -1
> +-- awk '{if($1<20){print $1,$14;}else{next;}}' onek.data | (sort -k 1,1nr 2>/dev/null || sort +0nr -1)
>  --
>  SELECT onek.unique1, onek.stringu1
>     WHERE onek.unique1 < 20
>     ORDER BY unique1 using >;
>
>  --
> --- awk '{if($1>980){print $1,$14;}else{next;}}' onek.data | sort +1d -2
> +-- awk '{if($1>980){print $1,$14;}else{next;}}' onek.data | (sort -k 1,1d 2>/dev/null || sort +1d -2)
>  --
>  SELECT onek.unique1, onek.stringu1
>     WHERE onek.unique1 > 980
> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ SELECT onek.unique1, onek.stringu1
>
>  --
>  -- awk '{if($1>980){print $1,$16;}else{next;}}' onek.data |
> --- sort +1d -2 +0nr -1
> +-- (sort -k 2,2d -k 1,1nr 2>/dev/null || sort +1d -2 +0nr -1)
>  --
>  SELECT onek.unique1, onek.string4
>     WHERE onek.unique1 > 980
> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ SELECT onek.unique1, onek.string4
>
>  --
>  -- awk '{if($1>980){print $1,$16;}else{next;}}' onek.data |
> --- sort +1dr -2 +0n -1
> +-- (sort -k 2,2dr -k 1,1n 2>/dev/null || sort +1dr -2 +0n -1)
>  --
>  SELECT onek.unique1, onek.string4
>     WHERE onek.unique1 > 980
> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ SELECT onek.unique1, onek.string4
>
>  --
>  -- awk '{if($1<20){print $1,$16;}else{next;}}' onek.data |
> --- sort +0nr -1 +1d -2
> +-- (sort -k 1,1nr -k 2,2d 2>/dev/null || sort +0nr -1 +1d -2)
>  --
>  SELECT onek.unique1, onek.string4
>     WHERE onek.unique1 < 20
> @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ SELECT onek.unique1, onek.string4
>
>  --
>  -- awk '{if($1<20){print $1,$16;}else{next;}}' onek.data |
> --- sort +0n -1 +1dr -2
> +-- (sort -k 1,1n -k 2,2dr 2>/dev/null || sort +0n -1 +1dr -2)
>  --
>  SELECT onek.unique1, onek.string4
>     WHERE onek.unique1 < 20
> @@ -63,19 +63,19 @@ SELECT onek.unique1, onek.string4
>  ANALYZE onek2;
>
>  --
> --- awk '{if($1<10){print $0;}else{next;}}' onek.data | sort +0n -1
> +-- awk '{if($1<10){print $0;}else{next;}}' onek.data | (sort -k 1,1n 2>/dev/null || sort +0n -1)
>  --
>  SELECT onek2.* WHERE onek2.unique1 < 10;
>
>  --
> --- awk '{if($1<20){print $1,$14;}else{next;}}' onek.data | sort +0nr -1
> +-- awk '{if($1<20){print $1,$14;}else{next;}}' onek.data | (sort -k 1,1nr 2>/dev/null || sort +0nr -1)
>  --
>  SELECT onek2.unique1, onek2.stringu1
>      WHERE onek2.unique1 < 20
>      ORDER BY unique1 using >;
>
>  --
> --- awk '{if($1>980){print $1,$14;}else{next;}}' onek.data | sort +1d -2
> +-- awk '{if($1>980){print $1,$14;}else{next;}}' onek.data | (sort -k 2,2d 2>/dev/null || sort +1d -2)
>  --
>  SELECT onek2.unique1, onek2.stringu1
>     WHERE onek2.unique1 > 980;
> @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ SELECT p.name, p.age FROM person* p;
>  -- awk '{if(NF!=2){print $3,$2;}else{print;}}' - emp.data |
>  -- awk '{if(NF!=2){print $3,$2;}else{print;}}' - student.data |
>  -- awk 'BEGIN{FS="      ";}{if(NF!=1){print $4,$5;}else{print;}}' - stud_emp.data |
> --- sort +1nr -2
> +-- (sort -k 2,2nr 2>/dev/null || sort +1nr -2)
>  --
>  SELECT p.name, p.age FROM person* p ORDER BY age using >, name;
>
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: src/test/regress/sql/select_distinct.sql,v
> retrieving revision 7.2
> diff -pu -r7.2 src/test/regress/sql/select_distinct.sql
> --- src/test/regress/sql/select_distinct.sql    2000/01/06 06:41:55    7.2
> +++ src/test/regress/sql/select_distinct.sql    2002/02/25 06:47:43
> @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ SELECT DISTINCT string4 FROM tmp;
>
>  --
>  -- awk '{print $3,$16,$5;}' onek.data | sort -d | uniq |
> --- sort +0n -1 +1d -2 +2n -3
> +-- (sort -k 1,1n -k 2,2d -k 3,3n 2>/dev/null || sort +0n -1 +1d -2 +2n -3)
>  --
>  SELECT DISTINCT two, string4, ten
>     FROM tmp
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: src/tools/make_keywords,v
> retrieving revision 7.2
> diff -pu -r7.2 src/tools/make_keywords
> --- src/tools/make_keywords    2001/11/26 22:41:58    7.2
> +++ src/tools/make_keywords    2002/02/25 06:47:43
> @@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ keywords.  Here is what I used:
>
>  sdif /tmp/pgkeywords tools/SQL_keywords |\
>  sed 's/</ /' | sed 's/>/ /'|sed 's/|/\
> -                                        /' | sort -b +0
> +                                        /' |\
> +(sort -b -k 1 2>/dev/null || sort -b +0)
>  END
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: configure.in,v
> retrieving revision 7.2
> diff -pu -r7.2 configure.in
> --- configure.in    2002/02/03 21:04:12    7.2
> +++ configure.in    2002/02/25 06:47:43
> @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ AC_SUBST(GCC)
>
>  # Create compiler version string
>  if test x"$GCC" = x"yes" ; then
> -  cc_string="GCC `${CC} --version | head -1`"
> +  cc_string="GCC `${CC} --version | sed q`"
>  else
>    cc_string=$CC
>  fi
>
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