On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 08:15:52PM +0200, Reimar.Doeffinger@gmx.de wrote:
> From: Reimar Döffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger@gmx.de>
> 
> Enough to make it run on macOS.
> In particular:
> - fix "empty subexpression" errors caused by constructs like (smth|),
>   use ? instead to make them optional
> - no -d option for xargs, use the more standard -0 and use tr to
>   replace newlines with 0.
> 
> Not sure if these cause issues somewhere else, not even completely
> sure they all work, but quick testing suggests they work.
> On the other hand I remember issues with '?' where I resorted to {0,1}
> instead, but I do not remember details.
> Ignore if fixing these seems not worth the risk.
> ---
>  tools/patcheck | 18 +++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

making it work on more platforms is a good idea.
It seems still working here on ubuntu but i certainly dont know which
syntax constructs work where

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thx
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