On 02/25/2013 02:54 PM, Thanos Baloukas wrote: > Thank you guys for your answers! > > Ken Moffat wrote: > > > > ISTR I added the backslash, with a comment explaining it, because > > when I tried pasting what was in the book at that time it fubar'd. > > From memory, the comment said that the backslash was for pasting > > (because the mozconfig is now likely to be pasted, we no longer keep > > a version in the BLFS repo). > > Close, but not correct - the explanation is in the paragraph above > the instructions to create the mozconfig : > > "The commented line for --with-libxul-sdk has an escaped dollar sign > - if you have chosed to paste the entries into a mozconfig file in > your editor, you do not need the escape, it is only necessary when > invoking a subshell in a HERE document." > ---------------------------------------------- > I don't get it. > If I do > > cat > mozconfig << "EOF" > #ac_add_options --with-libxul-sdk=\$(pkg-config --variable=sdkdir libxul) > EOF > > cat mozconfig > #ac_add_options --with-libxul-sdk=\$(pkg-config --variable=sdkdir libxul) > > cat > mozconfig << "EOF" > #ac_add_options --with-libxul-sdk=$(pkg-config --variable=sdkdir libxul) > EOF > > cat mozconfig > #ac_add_options --with-libxul-sdk=$(pkg-config --variable=sdkdir libxul) > > Thanos > > >
The difference is between "EOF" and EOF If you use the latter one, you need to escape the special signs or it will threat the as, lets say, variables and so. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
