From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Io0Uu-0000mL-Vo for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:39:57 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with SMTP id lA2HcU4L031195; Fri, 2 Nov 2007 17:38:30 GMT Received: from mail.marples.name (rsm.demon.co.uk [80.177.111.50]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with ESMTP id lA2HZXvB027086 for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2007 17:35:34 GMT Received: from [10.73.1.30] (uberpc.marples.name [10.73.1.30]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.marples.name (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A4331900FD for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2007 17:35:33 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] More general interface to use flags From: Roy Marples To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200711021817.32146.bo.andresen@zlin.dk> References: <472B29B9.50002@gentoo.org> <200711021730.21089.bo.andresen@zlin.dk> <1194022333.3029.3.camel@uberpc.marples.name> <200711021817.32146.bo.andresen@zlin.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Organization: Gentoo Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:35:08 +0000 Message-Id: <1194024908.3029.6.camel@uberpc.marples.name> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id lA2HcU64031195 X-Archives-Salt: 39c6bdf2-6be3-47b5-8f1e-51bb5364e3b2 X-Archives-Hash: ae7f3279dd1817efa6e384b19c443ebf On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 18:17 +0100, Bo =C3=98rsted Andresen wrote: > On Friday 02 November 2007 17:52:13 Roy Marples wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 17:30 +0100, Bo =C3=98rsted 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. >=20 > So your approach to getting it your way is to hijack every thread that = shows=20 > 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 --=20 gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list