From 3c00b52f7cb0fbd756c0bbe5134b8f2d69c60dd1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 09:58:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] build: Make autogen.sh more POSIX friendly.

* autogen.sh: Replace non POSIX "cp -a" and "head -c".
--

Signed-off-by: Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
---
 autogen.sh | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 92c6df807..f2af5a7b5 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ if [ "$myhost" = "find-version" ]; then
       fi
       [ -n "$tmp" ] && beta=yes
       rev=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD | tr -d '\n\r')
-      rvd=$((0x$(echo ${rev} | head -c 4)))
+      rvd=$((0x$(echo ${rev} | dd bs=1 count=2 2>/dev/null)))
     else
       ingit=no
       beta=yes
@@ -417,8 +417,11 @@ fi
 
 # Check the git setup.
 if [ -d .git ]; then
-  CP="cp -a"
-  [ -z "${SILENT}" ] && CP="$CP -v"
+  CP="cp -p"
+  # If we have a GNU cp we can add -v
+  if cp --version >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+    [ -z "${SILENT}" ] && CP="$CP -v"
+  fi
   if [ -f .git/hooks/pre-commit.sample -a ! -f .git/hooks/pre-commit ] ; then
     [ -z "${SILENT}" ] && cat <<EOF
 *** Activating trailing whitespace git pre-commit hook. ***