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Re: build-aux confusion
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Reuben Thomas |
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Re: build-aux confusion |
Date: |
Mon, 20 Sep 2010 09:57:13 +0100 |
On 20 September 2010 01:27, Karl Berry <address@hidden> wrote:
> Honestly, what is the problem with gnulib-tool? Why do you find it
> hard to understand?
>
> Personally, I think g-t is about as well written as anything of its size
> and purpose could be, but 6000 lines of anything is not prima facie
> obvious and easy to understand, regardless of language.
I'm hoping here that Bruno was as tongue-in-cheek as I was...reading
6,000 lines of anything is indeed not very easy. Reading 6,000 lines
of shell is rather like trying to take dictation from a crowd of
people whispering in your ears.
> not easily possible to determine the default value for a variable?!
>
> Ruben, I commend sh -vx to you :).
Thanks! I'll try to remember for when it's actually life-or-death.
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