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Re: [shell functions, was RE: solving of name conflicts in included.a]
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akim |
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Re: [shell functions, was RE: solving of name conflicts in included.a] |
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Thu, 14 Nov 2002 17:45:40 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.3.28i |
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 07:53:42AM -0800, Bruce Korb wrote:
> Akim Demaille wrote:
> > I don't agree. Autoconf does not use shell functions, it just says it
> > will some day. If you want to use shell functions, don't do it
> > pretending Autoconf did first :)
> >
> > Also, Autoconf will try to find a shell that supports functions.
>
> Someone made the assertion that the next major release,
> already under CVS, did use shell functions. If it is not,
> then it should. Far, far too much programmer time and energy,
> not to mention build time, gets squandered messing around trying
> to support silly antiquated hobbyist versions of UNIX. Let
> them install BASH and get out of our way. Both of them.
Bash uses configure.
> BTW, why even bother looking for a real shell if you are
> not going to take advantage of it?
You probably misunderstood my point: the day it uses shell functions,
it will look for a shell that supports them, and of course, die otherwise.
- [shell functions, was RE: solving of name conflicts in included . a], Boehne, Robert, 2002/11/07
- Re: [shell functions, was RE: solving of name conflicts in included .a], Bruce Korb, 2002/11/07
- Re: [shell functions, was RE: solving of name conflicts in included .a], Alexandre Duret-Lutz, 2002/11/07
- Re: [shell functions, was RE: solving of name conflicts in included.a], Bruce Korb, 2002/11/07
- Re: [shell functions, was RE: solving of name conflicts in included.a], Robert Boehne, 2002/11/07
- Re: [shell functions, was RE: solving of name conflicts in included.a], Akim Demaille, 2002/11/14
- Re: [shell functions, was RE: solving of name conflicts in included.a], Bruce Korb, 2002/11/14
- Re: [shell functions, was RE: solving of name conflicts in included.a],
akim <=
- Re: [shell functions, was RE: solving of name conflicts in included.a], Bruce Korb, 2002/11/14
- Re: [shell functions, was RE: solving of name conflicts in included.a], Akim Demaille, 2002/11/15
- Re: [shell functions, was RE: solving of name conflicts in included.a], Tom Lord, 2002/11/15
- Re: [shell functions, was RE: solving of name conflicts in included.a], Charles Wilson, 2002/11/14
- Re: [shell functions, was RE: solving of name conflicts in included.a], Tom Lord, 2002/11/14
- Re: tabularized libtool, Bruce Korb, 2002/11/14