Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 10:30:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: conf/8031: /etc/rc looks for /etc/sendmail.cf at startup Message-ID: <199809241730.KAA05788@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/8031; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. Sm rgrav )
Cc: Studded <Studded@dal.net>, Drew Derbyshire <ahd@kew.com>,
freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: conf/8031: /etc/rc looks for /etc/sendmail.cf at startup
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 10:32:32 +0100
> Studded <Studded@dal.net> writes:
> > This isn't directed towards Drew, but technically the RHS of the test
> > should be "XYES" instead of how it is now. The '=' conditional compares
> > strings, so the LHS is correct, and it should be the same on both sides.
> > [...]
> > > ! if [ "X${sendmail_enable}" = X"YES" ]; then
> > > echo -n ' sendmail'; /usr/sbin/sendmail ${sendmail_flags}
> > > fi
>
> The X is totally unnecessary as long as you have quotes around the
> variable to make sure you get an empty string (rather than a missing
> argument) if it's undefined or empty.
[.....]
Not if someone's set (say) ``sendmail_enable=-x'' ;-) The only
unnecessary bits are the {} around the variable and the quotes around
the YES, but the quotes make it clearer that the X isn't *really* part
of the comparison.
> DES
> --
> Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no
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