Re: security/libsecret build error

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost> writes:

>     Date:        Sun, 20 May 2018 15:03:03 +0200
>     From:        Leonardo Taccari <leot%NetBSD.org@localhost>
>     Message-ID:  <20180520130308.72E9884D60%mail.netbsd.org@localhost>
>
>   | I think that the problem is not sed but the usage of sh(1) Dollar
>   | Single Quotes (i.e. `$'...'').
>
> If that is the problem it would mean that it works (or worked) on
> NetBSD -current right?
>
> $'...' is not standard yet, but is going to be (it would be already if
> it wasn't for something about the meaning of some \uXXX escapes
> which I don't know enough about unicode issues to understand).
>
> There is support in sh for this in -current, but it is not in -8 (or earlier
> obviously).

pkgsrc supports oldish platforms, so it would be good to avoid using
things that are new.  That's advice for upstream, but usually we patch
around it, or require a new tool and avoid base for such uses in
packages.