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From: Roy Marples <uberlord@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] More general interface to use flags
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:35:08 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1194024908.3029.6.camel@uberpc.marples.name> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200711021817.32146.bo.andresen@zlin.dk>


On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 18:17 +0100, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
> On Friday 02 November 2007 17:52:13 Roy Marples wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 17:30 +0100, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
> > > Please explain why you hijack this thread to discuss POSIX vs. bash when
> > > it's supposed to be about the API for ebuilds.
> >
> > I dislike the gratuitous use of bash for no good reason - and in the
> > code he gave there is no good reason for using bashisms.
> 
> So your approach to getting it your way is to hijack every thread that shows 
> use of bashisms until people start using your inferior workarounds?

I don't see them as inferior.
I see them as more portable and less confusing.

Of course you are welcome to compare the code in question and state
which is inferior and why it is so.

Thanks

Roy

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  reply	other threads:[~2007-11-02 17:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-02 13:44 [gentoo-dev] More general interface to use flags Marijn Schouten (hkBst)
2007-11-02 14:04 ` Roy Marples
2007-11-02 14:27   ` Marijn Schouten (hkBst)
2007-11-02 14:52     ` Roy Marples
2007-11-02 14:59   ` Mike Frysinger
2007-11-02 15:30     ` Roy Marples
2007-11-02 15:38       ` Mike Frysinger
2007-11-02 15:48         ` Roy Marples
2007-11-02 15:58           ` Mike Frysinger
2007-11-02 16:10             ` Roy Marples
2007-11-02 16:30               ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2007-11-02 16:52                 ` Roy Marples
2007-11-02 17:17                   ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2007-11-02 17:35                     ` Roy Marples [this message]
2007-11-03  0:19                       ` [gentoo-dev] POSIX shell and "portable" Fabian Groffen
2007-11-03  0:47                         ` Roy Marples
2007-11-05  9:22                           ` Michael Haubenwallner
2007-11-05 10:13                             ` Roy Marples
2007-11-05 13:21                               ` Michael Haubenwallner
2007-11-05 20:21                                 ` Mike Frysinger
2007-11-05 23:18                                   ` Roy Marples
2007-11-06  7:12                                     ` Ciaran McCreesh
2007-11-06  7:40                                       ` Roy Marples
2007-11-06  8:03                                         ` Ciaran McCreesh
2007-11-06  8:25                                           ` Roy Marples
2007-11-06  9:04                                     ` Michael Haubenwallner
2007-11-05 20:32                                 ` Roy Marples
2007-11-05 20:55                                   ` Fabian Groffen
2007-11-05 22:27                                   ` Mike Frysinger
2007-11-03  0:57                         ` Natanael copa
2007-11-03  1:06                         ` Roy Marples
2007-11-03 16:19                           ` [gentoo-dev] " Steve Long
2007-11-03  1:10                         ` [gentoo-dev] " Roy Marples
     [not found]                       ` <b41005390711022225i4f30bb01jbf5a040c60c4b088@mail.gmail.com>
2007-11-03  5:26                         ` Fwd: [gentoo-dev] More general interface to use flags Alec Warner
2007-11-03 21:57                           ` Mike Frysinger
2007-11-04 10:54 ` [gentoo-dev] " Steve Long
2007-11-04 21:54   ` Alec Warner
2007-11-06 11:50     ` Steve Long
     [not found] <472B2969.1070701@gentoo.org>
2007-11-02 14:18 ` [gentoo-dev] " Daniel Drake
2007-11-02 14:52   ` Marijn Schouten (hkBst)
2007-11-02 14:53   ` Marijn Schouten (hkBst)

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