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From: John Polstra <hackers@freebsd.org>
To: jhix@mindspring.com
Subject: Re: empty lists in for
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In article <20000305212148X.jhix@mindspring.com>,
W Gerald Hicks  <jhix@mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> Convince me that nothing like the following exists in the
> ports framework and /usr/src and I'd be ok with a change
> *after* 4.0 release (repeats himself)
> 
> # Makefile.foo
> 
> FOOVAR=
> 
>   .
>   .
>   .
> 
> BARVAR=${FOOVAR}
> 
> baz:
>      for i in ${BARVAR} ; do \
> 	 ${BLAP} $$i ; \
>      done
> 
> 
> To me, changing it right now on the eve of -release
> would be gratuitous. Later I would be fine with it.

I agree that this is not the time to change it.  But in the long run,
if the ports framework is misusing /bin/sh then the framework needs to
be fixed.  We shouldn't let bugs there influence what we do with the
shell.

John
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  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
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