[vlc-devel] [PATCH 2/6] contrib/bootstrap: Use helper for echo -n

[Marvin Scholz]

echo -n is not portable and does not print as expected on macOS and
possibly other BSDs. Use a helper that internally uses printf instead.
---
 contrib/bootstrap | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contrib/bootstrap b/contrib/bootstrap
index 76b200ab16..f1c6a75be6 100755
--- a/contrib/bootstrap
+++ b/contrib/bootstrap
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ usage()
 	echo "  --enable-pdb     generate debug information in PDB format"
 }
 
+# Print without newline
+echo_n() { printf "%s" "$*"; }
+
 BUILD=
 HOST=
 PREFIX=
@@ -124,7 +127,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -z "$BUILD"
 then
-	echo -n "Guessing build system... "
+	echo_n "Guessing build system... "
 	BUILD="`${CC:-cc} -dumpmachine | sed s/windows-gnu/mingw32/`"
 	if test -z "$BUILD"; then
 		echo "FAIL!"
@@ -135,12 +138,12 @@ fi
 
 if test -z "$HOST"
 then
-	echo -n "Guessing host system...  "
+	echo_n "Guessing host system...  "
 	HOST="$BUILD"
 	echo "$HOST"
 fi
 
-echo -n "Packages licensing...    "
+echo_n "Packages licensing...    "
 if test -n "$GPL"
 then
 	if test -n "$GNUV3"
-- 
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