Re: SCO/buffix patch 6 of 10: AC_PROG_NM fixes

[Tim Rice]

On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:

> Hi Kean,
> 
> * Kean Johnston wrote on Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 08:34:00AM CET:
[snip]
> > >  nm -B /dev/null
> > >on SCO output, by the way?  Maybe we can adjust the old scheme to that?
> > A usage message becuase it doesn't support -B, but it does
> > support -p.
> 
> Care to cut and paste it?  Thanks.  What's the return value?

----------< UnixWare 7.1.4 >-----------
$ nm -B /dev/null
UX:nm: ERROR: Illegal option -- B
UX:nm: TO FIX: Usage: nm [-ACDPRVghnoplrt?] [-t d|o|x] file(s)...
$ echo $?
1
----------< UnixWare 7.1.1 >-----------
$ nm -B /dev/null
nm: ERROR: Illegal option -- B
nm: Usage: nm [-?CVhnoplruvx] file(s) ...
        [-C]  print decoded C++ names
        [-V]  print version information on stderr
        [-h]  suppress printing of headings
        [-n]  sort external symbols by name
        [-o]  print value and size in octal
        [-p[-l]]  produce terse, easily parsable output
                [-l] modifier for -p option - produce long listing
                        of output
        [-r]  prepend the name of the object file or archive to each
                output line
        [-u]  print only undefined symbols
        [-v]  sort external symbols by value
        [-x]  print value and size of a symbol in hex
$ echo $?
1
----------< UnixWare 2.03 >-----------
$ nm -B /dev/null
nm: ERROR: Illegal option -- B
nm: Usage: nm [-?CVhnoplruvx] file(s) ...
        [-C]  print decoded C++ names
        [-V]  print version information on stderr
        [-h]  suppress printing of headings
        [-n]  sort external symbols by name
        [-o]  print value and size in octal
        [-p[-l]]  produce terse, easily parsable output
                [-l] modifier for -p option - produce long listing
                        of output
        [-r]  prepend the name of the object file or archive to each
                output line
        [-u]  print only undefined symbols
        [-v]  sort external symbols by value
        [-x]  print value and size of a symbol in hex
$ echo $?
1
--------< OpenServer 5.0.4 >----------
$ nm -B /dev/null
nm: ERROR: Illegal option -- B
i386nm: Usage: i386nm [-?CVhnopruvx] file(s) ...
        [-C]  print decoded C++ names
        [-V]  print version information on stderr
        [-h]  suppress printing of headings
        [-n]  sort external symbols by name
        [-o]  print value and size in octal
        [-p[l]]  produce terse, easily parsable output
                [l] modifier for -p option - produce long listing
                        of output
        [-r]  prepend the name of the object file or archive to each
                output line
        [-u]  print only undefined symbols
        [-v]  sort external symbols by value
        [-x]  print value and size of a symbol in hex
$ echo $?
1
--------< OpenServer 5.0.7 >----------
$ nm -B /dev/null
nm: ERROR: Illegal option -- B
i386nm: Usage: i386nm [-?CVhnopruvx] file(s) ...
        [-C]  print decoded C++ names
        [-V]  print version information on stderr
        [-h]  suppress printing of headings
        [-n]  sort external symbols by name
        [-o]  print value and size in octal
        [-p[l]]  produce terse, easily parsable output
                [l] modifier for -p option - produce long listing
                        of output
        [-r]  prepend the name of the object file or archive to each
                output line
        [-u]  print only undefined symbols
        [-v]  sort external symbols by value
        [-x]  print value and size of a symbol in hex
$ echo $?
1
--------< OpenServer 6.0.0 >----------
$ nm -B /dev/null
UX:nm: ERROR: Illegal option -- B
UX:nm: TO FIX: Usage: nm [-ACDPRVghnoplrt?] [-t d|o|x] file(s)...
$ echo $?
1
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