Re: Option Consistency

[Eric Siegerman]

On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 10:22:42AM -0700, Bruce Korb wrote:
> Yep.  Actually, the loop should simplify:
> 
> > > >   for f in $DIST_FORMATS; do
> > > >     eval suffix=\$${f}_SUFFIX
> > > >     [ -n "${suffix}" ] && suffix=.${suffix}
> >    +    eval program=\$${f}_COMPRESSOR
> > > >     tar cf - ${distdir} | ${program} > ${distdir}.tar${suffix}
> > > >   done
> 
> unless someone actually does an "rpm" or "pkgadd" format :-)

Good enough reason to leave it as a case statement.  If you
"simplify" it, someone who wants to add a packager with a funny
interface will have to write a glue script, and many (most? all?)
packages will have to distribute same.  Not exactly a
simplification...

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