From 7fa05b29b6cd06a5914a16234f7c8315255b09fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Grigg <jack@z.cash>
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 13:10:09 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] Use g-prefixed coreutils commands if they are available

If they are present on the system, it means that the non-prefixed ones are not
necessarily the versions we want, while the prefixed ones are highly likely to
be the ones from GNU Coreutils.
---
 zcutil/build.sh | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/zcutil/build.sh b/zcutil/build.sh
index 5e6b318f5..570ad3abb 100755
--- a/zcutil/build.sh
+++ b/zcutil/build.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 
 set -eu -o pipefail
 
+function cmd_pref() {
+    if type -p "$2" > /dev/null; then
+        eval "$1=$2"
+    else
+        eval "$1=$3"
+    fi
+}
+
+# If a g-prefixed version of the command exists, use it preferentially.
+function gprefix() {
+    cmd_pref "$1" "g$2" "$2"
+}
+
+gprefix READLINK readlink
+
 # Allow user overrides to $MAKE. Typical usage for users who need it:
 #   MAKE=gmake ./zcutil/build.sh -j$(nproc)
 if [[ -z "${MAKE-}" ]]; then
@@ -58,7 +73,7 @@ EOF
 fi
 
 set -x
-cd "$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")/.."
+cd "$(dirname "$("$READLINK" -f "$0")")/.."
 
 # If --enable-lcov is the first argument, enable lcov coverage support:
 LCOV_ARG=''