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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 22:10:15 +0600 (NS)
From: Max Khon <fjoe@iclub.nsu.ru>
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Subject: empty lists in for
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hi, there!

I'm trying to port FreeBSD ports subsystem to Solaris and Linux
(for our company internal needs).
many for's in bsd.port.mk are expanded into for's with empty word list
(e.g.: for i in ; do smth; done).

bash and ksh complain about unexpected ';'.
/bin/sh (FreeBSD) thinks it's ok and does nothing.
Which behaviour is more POSIXly correct?

/fjoe



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