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Re: *_DATA containing blanks
From: |
Raja R Harinath |
Subject: |
Re: *_DATA containing blanks |
Date: |
Wed, 23 Jul 2003 14:13:39 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
Ralf Corsepius <address@hidden> writes:
[snip]
> ## Funny invocation because Makefile variable can be empty, leading to
> ## a syntax error in sh.
> - @list='$(%DIR%_%PRIMARY%)'; for p in $$list; do \
> + if test -n '$(%DIR%_%PRIMARY%)'; then for p in $(%DIR%_%PRIMARY%); do \
As the comment says, this won't work. If the Makefile variable
$(%DIR%_%PRIMARY%) is empty, the actual command executed by /bin/sh
is
if test -n ''; then for p in ; do
^^
That's a syntax error in some shells, e.g. Solaris 8 /bin/sh.
- Hari
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Raja R Harinath ------------------------------ address@hidden
- *_DATA containing blanks, Ralf Corsepius, 2003/07/23
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- Re: *_DATA containing blanks, Raja R Harinath, 2003/07/23
- Re: *_DATA containing blanks, Ralf Corsepius, 2003/07/24
- Re: *_DATA containing blanks, Alexandre Duret-Lutz, 2003/07/24
- Re: *_DATA containing blanks, Ralf Corsepius, 2003/07/24
- Re: *_DATA containing blanks, Ralf Corsepius, 2003/07/24
- Re: *_DATA containing blanks, Alexandre Duret-Lutz, 2003/07/24
- Re: *_DATA containing blanks, Ralf Corsepius, 2003/07/24
- Re: *_DATA containing blanks, Alexandre Duret-Lutz, 2003/07/24
Re: *_DATA containing blanks, Raja R Harinath, 2003/07/23