Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 03:30:29 -0400:
>> > What is the proper quoting style for defining the S variable? In the >> > tree there are about 3 different styles... >> > >> > S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P} # used by 5270 ebuilds >> > S="${WORKDIR}"/${MY_P} # used by 43 ebuilds >> > S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}" # used by 2259 ebuilds >> >> ditto > > not really ... all three will work fine, but i prefer the first myself as the > quoting is not needed here What if someone has PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/tmp/portage temporary workspace" or "/var/tmp/\$whatever" or some such (yes I know that's crazy, but...)? I'd agree with the ditto, not with the all three will work fine. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list