Re: ./configure script prototype

From: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date: Nov 14, 2005, 19:03 UTC
Message-ID: <4378DF71.3060103@op5.se>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0511141027380.3263@g5.osdl.org>

Linus Torvalds wrote:

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> On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Joel Becker wrote:
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>>On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 02:29:56PM +0100, Petr Baudis wrote:
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>>>Dear diary, on Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 01:18:52PM CET, I got a letter
>>>where Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> said that...
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>>>>		--prefix=*)
>>>>			prefix=${1##*=}
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>>	${i# and ${i% are POSIX, iirc.
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> They may be in POSIX, but they sure as h*ll aren't portable.
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A bit funny really. I've already said I'll change them to some sed thing, so the last 16 emails on this thread have been purely academic. I guess more people than me are bored by mondays.

> If you want to do a "configure" script (and I'm not sure it's worth it),

Perhaps not. I was under the impression that Junio was for it to simplify the possible move of binaries to GIT_EXEC_PATH.

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