[Groff] Re: Script Conformance with Autoconf Portability Guidelines

[Werner LEMBERG]

> In the "Portable Shell" node of "info autoconf", I see
> 
>     ... include a space after the exclamation point in interpreter
>     specifications, like this:
> 
>          #! /usr/bin/perl
> 
>     If you omit the space before the path, then 4.2BSD based systems
>     (such as DYNIX) will ignore the line, because they interpret `#!
>     /' as a 4-byte magic number.  ...
> 
> Most of the scripts included in the groff distribution ignore this 
> recommendation, so here's a patch to make them conform.

Thanks.  I've applied it to all scripts which are unique to groff.
For `install-sh' I've sent a bug report to bug-gnulib -- I don't want
to divert from the canonical source.


    Werner