Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 21:54:34 -0800 (PST) From: John Polstra <hackers@freebsd.org> To: jhix@mindspring.com Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: empty lists in for Message-ID: <200003070554.VAA88875@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <20000305212148X.jhix@mindspring.com> References: <38C2B805.EA899C32@gorean.org> <20000305204115E.jhix@mindspring.com> <38C33A03.A55DEFAF@gorean.org> <20000305212148X.jhix@mindspring.com>
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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
--
John Polstra jdp@polstra.com
John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA
"Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence." -- Chögyam Trungpa
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