On 20 September 2010 01:27, Karl Berry <k...@freefriends.org> wrote: > Honestly, what is the problem with gnulib-tool? Why do you find it > hard to understand? > > Personally, I think g-t is about as well written as anything of its size > and purpose could be, but 6000 lines of anything is not prima facie > obvious and easy to understand, regardless of language.
I'm hoping here that Bruno was as tongue-in-cheek as I was...reading 6,000 lines of anything is indeed not very easy. Reading 6,000 lines of shell is rather like trying to take dictation from a crowd of people whispering in your ears. > not easily possible to determine the default value for a variable?! > > Ruben, I commend sh -vx to you :). Thanks! I'll try to remember for when it's actually life-or-death. -- http://rrt.sc3d.org