"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> writes:
> At 2025-11-18T14:19:50-0800, Collin Funk wrote:
>> Isn't this way of comparing, e.g.
>>
>> if "x$var" = x; then
>
> (You need "test" or "[" and "]" here.)
That is embarrassing. I was focusing all my energy into not typing "==".
:)
> Perhaps it is impossible to avoid if "test"/"[" is not a shell builtin?
> Do any shells of that description still live?
Not that I am aware of.
>> I think we assume a reasonable shell for
>> ./configure.
>
> I sure hope so. The old "x$var" idiom is hideously ugly and
> off-puttingly confusing to newcomers.
We do, see examples like:
if test $gl_gcc_warnings != no; then
: # Snipped code.
fi
Collin
