Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:47:31 +0200 From: Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com> To: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@chello.cz> Cc: FreeBSD Ports List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: /usr/ports symlink + make search Message-ID: <40CEFDF3.9000408@fillmore-labs.com> In-Reply-To: <20040615153305.GB2519@isis.wad.cz> References: <20040615142313.GA26302@cs.huji.ac.il> <5588DFEE-BEDC-11D8-9250-00039312D914@fillmore-labs.com> <20040615153305.GB2519@isis.wad.cz>
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Roman Neuhauser wrote: > # eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com / 2004-06-15 16:57:34 +0200: > >>There are huge differences between the awk versions on -CURRENT and >>-STABLE, and I've been bitten by them more than one. I can recommend >>anyone writing non-trivial awk programs to test them on both systems. > > I used "awk --posix" during development of the script, and removed > the switch only when I needed to test the icase keyword. I did not mean to criticize you of not testing you stuff. Sorry if I sounded that way, that was totally unintentional. I just noted that I had myself written (and committed) stuff that broke on the other OS version, so you should not trust tests that happened only with one of both versions. Just my 2 cents. -Oliver
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