* Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 03:29:44PM CET:
> Ralf Wildenhues <ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> > Hmm, ok, I understand the point. Well, up to you, that s/TAR/AMTAR/
> > change would be fine with me.
>
> Since it's your change, you do need to sign off on the incremental ;-)
Yeah, right. We can be glad that smiley wasn't trademarked after all...
> Is this what you suggest?
Yes, thanks.
Cheers,
Ralf
> --- a/bootstrap
> +++ b/bootstrap
> @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Options:
> If the file $0.conf exists in the same directory as this script, its
> contents are read as shell variables to configure the bootstrap.
>
> -For build requisites, environment variables like \$AUTOCONF or \$TAR
> +For build requisites, environment variables like \$AUTOCONF or \$AMTAR
BTW, shouldn't that be "prerequisites"? Isn't requisites something
entirely different (the corresponding German word denotes items that
are used for example in a stage play).
> are honored.
>
> Running without arguments will suffice in most cases.
> @@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ check_versions() {
> while read app req_ver; do
> # Honor $APP variables ($TAR, $AUTOCONF, etc.)
> appvar=`echo $app | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'`
> + test "$appvar" = TAR && appvar=AMTAR
> eval "app=\${$appvar-$app}"
> inst_ver=$(get_version $app)
> if [ ! "$inst_ver" ]; then
>
>
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