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Re: improve "posix-modules --version"


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: improve "posix-modules --version"
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:52:42 -0600
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According to Bruno Haible on 9/26/2008 3:57 PM:
>> And this falls foul of autoconf's advice:
>> http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf.html#Shell-Functions
>> | Inside a function, IRIX sh sets `$0' to the function name. 
> 
> Confirmed with IRIX 6.5 /bin/sh.

In my testing, zsh 4.3.4 also does this if you don't use 'emulate sh'.

> 
>> OK to check in this followup?
> 
> Thanks for cleaning up all this. I would like if you could mention the newly
> added implicit parameter 'progname' in comments for all functions which need
> it, directly or indirectly:
> 
> # Input:
> # - progname        name of this program

Done.

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Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             address@hidden
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