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From: Daniel Robbins <drobbins@gentoo.org>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] how to use die() and assert_true_or_die()
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On Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 04:41:53AM -0400, Chris Houser wrote:

> --- assert_true_or_die() --
> This function is meant to be used when you don't want to make long
> commands even longer by adding the "|| die" syntax.  To use it, simply
> add the function call after the command you want to check:
> 
>     ./configure ${myvar} --prefix=/usr --host=${CHOST}
>     assert_true_or_die "Bad configure"
> 
> Note that using the function this way doesn't allow you to check
> multiple commands in a pipeline the way die() does.

The "assert_true_or_die" function has been officially renamed to "assert".

Best Regards,

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Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc.