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Posted to dev@httpd.apache.org by Ben Hyde <bh...@pobox.com> on 1999/01/15 22:36:55 UTC
Re: cvs commit: apache-1.3/src Configure
jim@hyperreal.org writes:
>jim 99/01/15 12:32:54
>
> Modified: src Configure
> Log:
> Found my old System 7 shell book... Looks like this "." vs "x" stuff
> isn't needed at all, as long as we wrap both sides in "". So, instead
> we'll use
>
> "$VAR" = ""
> or
> "$VAR" = "value"
>
> and this make it crystal clear.
:-( I'm perfectly willing to believe that one of the
thousands of superstitious behaviors I use when writing
shell scripts is unnecessary, but I'm entirely unwilling
to forswear any one of them. Better not to tempt the
gods boy, they are a mean lot! - ben
Re: cvs commit: apache-1.3/src Configure
Posted by Dean Gaudet <dg...@arctic.org>.
ditto, please back out those changes.
Dean
On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Ben Hyde wrote:
> jim@hyperreal.org writes:
> >jim 99/01/15 12:32:54
> >
> > Modified: src Configure
> > Log:
> > Found my old System 7 shell book... Looks like this "." vs "x" stuff
> > isn't needed at all, as long as we wrap both sides in "". So, instead
> > we'll use
> >
> > "$VAR" = ""
> > or
> > "$VAR" = "value"
> >
> > and this make it crystal clear.
>
> :-( I'm perfectly willing to believe that one of the
> thousands of superstitious behaviors I use when writing
> shell scripts is unnecessary, but I'm entirely unwilling
> to forswear any one of them. Better not to tempt the
> gods boy, they are a mean lot! - ben
>