[Gnewsense-dev] Re: [gNewSense-users] possible error in gen-kernel builder script

[Sam Geeraerts]

Kemmey, Whitney W CIV NSWCDD, K54 schreef:
> The gen-kernel builder script includes the following lines:
>
>     # Changes so it'll compile without some modules
>     for i in debian/d-i/modules/*; do
>         sed -i 's/^\([[^ ?][^ ?]*\)$/\1 ?/' $i
>     done
>
> Is the sed command correct?  I think this is meant to look for every line that contains 
> no spaces or question marks and append " ?" to the end of the line.  My regular 
> expression skills aren't great, but I think it should be:
>
>         sed -i 's/^\([^ ?][^ ?]*\)$/\1 ?/' $i
>
> (Removed the first square bracket.)  Without this change, I think it's expecting the first character to be 
> "[", "^", " ", or "?", which I think is incorrect.
>
> Can anyone clarify?

(Moving to -dev.)

You're probably right that the regular expression is wrong. Your 
correction seems logical, but don't know what the sed script is actually 
for. I suppose it's to ensure that every module in debian/d-i/modules/* 
has a question mark behind it. However, I haven't been able to figure 
out what that means and if that's necessary.