Perhaps add a comment as well? — --- a/check-support-status.in +++ b/check-support-status.in @@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ cat "$INTERSECTION_LIST" | while read SRC_NAME ; do [% AWK %] '($3=="'"$SRC_NAME"'"){print $1" "$2}' "$INSTALLED_LIST" | \ while read BIN_NAME BIN_VERSION ; do + # skip packages that were listed in --except case ",$EXCEPT," in *,"$BIN_NAME",*) # plain match (e.g., "binutils") continue
(Sorry for the extra round trip; I'd meant to add this before submitting but forgot to.) Cheers, Daniel