Re: [PATCH 2/2] Makefile: work around ksh's failure to handle missing list argument to for loop

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

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Jul 6, 2010, 02:36 UTC

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Brandon Casey <drafnel@gmail.com> writes:

> $(foreach) works too.  I only avoided it because it has already caused a
> problem once before by creating a command line that exceeded the
> maximum argument list length on IRIX.

Ok, fair enough.

> REMOTE_CURL_ALIASES only has 3 items in it right now, and probably
> won't grow much larger, if it grows at all, so there is little chance of
> exceeding the maximum argument list length on IRIX.  So $(foreach) is
> fine with me if you think that reads better.

Thanks.