On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 03:48:44PM +0000, Peter Corlett wrote: > On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 10:43:58AM -0500, Walt Mankowski wrote: > [...] > > I suppose it's too much to ask for programs to return the *same* error > > code (ENOENT comes to mind) when a file doesn't exist. > > Why bother? It's not as if shell scripts ever bother to check for errors > anyway.
Yeah, but with scons I can't even write a shell script to Mumble Grumble... [which would be creating more software] It's making me want to head down the pub and stay there. [which doesn't cause the creation of more software] Mmmm, maybe scons is beneficial to the overall amount of software hate, by being so effective at the prevention of the creation of software. Nicholas Clark
