From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.4 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_06_12,DMARC_NONE, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mailgw1.netvision.net.il ([194.90.1.14]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15SZ5c-0005PM-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Fri, 03 Aug 2001 01:09:44 -0600 Received: from localhost (ras1-p18.rlz.netvision.net.il [62.0.84.18]) by mailgw1.netvision.net.il (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA24876 for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 10:09:39 +0300 (IDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Dan Armak To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage 1.5.3 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <20010803002920.B15871@cvs.gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <20010803002920.B15871@cvs.gentoo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01080310105806.00608@localhost> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Fri Aug 3 01:10:02 2001 X-Original-Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 10:10:58 +0300 X-Archives-Salt: fba51255-127b-4417-92d3-c13439b33737 X-Archives-Hash: 5a8b0679f1c460bbd0baa9103cff28f5 On Friday 03 August 2001 09:29, you wrote: > Hi All, > > Portage 1.5.3 has been released, and contains two basic fixes. It should > no longer be necessary to backslash-escape double-quotes when using "try", > "emake" or "pmake" (older name for emake). For example, instead of typing: > > try make CFLAGS=\"$CFLAGS\" > > One can now type: > > try make CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" > > The only ebuild that has been updated so far is sys-apps/tmpreaper. All > others will need to be fixed. Thanks to a message on the MOSIX mailing > list that demonstrated the subtle differences between $* and "$@", which > allowed this fix to happen. > > Everyone should upgrade to 1.5.3 as soon as possible. > > Dan Armak, if you are up to doing a Portage-wide fix, that would be great Hey, I've got enough on my hands! :-) Anyway, what do you mean? Fix the backslashing? -- Dan Armak Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Matan, Israel