---
- branch: MAIN
  date: Fri Jan 18 11:16:08 UTC 2008
  files:
  - new: '1.50'
    old: '1.49'
    path: pkgsrc/mk/subst.mk
    pathrev: pkgsrc/mk/subst.mk@1.50
    type: modified
  id: 20080118T111608Z.c72a607c38148bcea87535e0dc8ffc8ee9331812
  log: |
    Don't rely on file(1) to distinguish text files from binary files. This
    has proven too unreliable in the past. For example, some Makefile.in
    files were classified as "Quake I or II world or extension", just
    because they happen to start with the letters "PACK". This method was
    also subject to subtle differences in the locale.

    The new method counts the number of NUL bytes in the file. It does not
    depend on the locale settings. The -c option of wc(1) counts bytes, not
    characters, and tr(1), which may interpret multibyte sequences, is
    protected by LC_ALL. It should also work with the historical
    implementations of tr(1) that could not handle NUL bytes and discarded
    them, since this is exactly the intention.

    See also:
    * http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2006/07/05/0000.html
    * PR 37793
  module: pkgsrc
  subject: 'CVS commit: pkgsrc/mk'
  unixtime: '1200654968'
  user: rillig