Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 22:38:32 +0200 (MET DST) From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> To: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@Nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Ports explosion Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.960814223532.411B-100000@klemm.gtn.com> In-Reply-To: <199608130729.AAA21578@relay.nuxi.com>
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On Tue, 13 Aug 1996, David E. O'Brien wrote: > > May I suggest: > > > > if [ -d patches -a "`echo patches/patch-*`" != "patches/patch-*" ]; then > > # do stuff > > fi > > > > instead of the current [ -d patches ]? > > This could be quite useful. I've heard of simular problems like this > before on the list/newsgroup. However, it does promote sloppiness... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > since there would be little modivation to remove empty directories. That's correct ... with 'sloppiness mode builtin' Karl (and me !!) wouldn't have learned this lesson ... It's usefull for me to know how to checkout more 'professional' ;-) Andreas /// -- andreas@klemm.gtn.com /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ Support Unix -- andreas.klemm@wup.de pgp p-key http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html >>> powered by <<< ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz >>> FreeBSD <<<
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