Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] 2 issues with latest GIT master, at least on OSX 10.5.8

[Michael Dickens]

(1) configure.ac:296
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BUILD_DATE=`date -R -u`
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The '-u' works ("Display or set the date in UTC (Coordinated  
Universal) time"), but there is no "-R" option to Darwin's built-in  
'date'.  What does the '-R' option specify?  Maybe there's another way  
to do it on Darwin that's more compatible with Linux (or, vice versa)?

(2) config/gr_git.m4:37
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	if test x`echo $GIT_DESCRIBE | cut -f 1- -d '-' --output-delimiter='  
' | wc -w` = x4; then
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It's the "--output-delimiter" that doesn't work with Darwin's 'cut';  
this version only handles single '-' parameters.  What does this  
option do?    Maybe there's another way to do it on Darwin that's more  
compatible with Linux (or, vice versa)?