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Re: [PATCH] test-lib: avoid full path to store test results

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Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 30, 2012, 22:17 UTC
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Thanks. I know that posix support these usages, but exists some traditional shell that not support it. These are described in the autoconf manual, last time i have checked. As the construct ; export var = x should be portable, but it is not. If this is important these days i don't know.

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2012/10/30, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>:
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> Elia Pinto wrote:
>
>> The shell word splitting done in base is a bashism, iow not portable.
>
> No, ${varname##glob} is in POSIX and we already use it here and there.
> See Documentation/CodingGuidelines:
>
>    - We use ${parameter#word} and its [#%] siblings, and their
>      doubled "longest matching" form.
>
> Thanks for looking the patch over.
> Jonathan
>
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  1. test-lib: avoid full path to store test resultsFelipe Contreras, Oct 30, 2012
  2. Jeff KingOct 30, 2012
  3. Felipe ContrerasOct 30, 2012
  4. Jonathan NiederOct 30, 2012
  5. Felipe ContrerasOct 30, 2012
  6. Jonathan NiederOct 31, 2012
  7. Felipe ContrerasOct 31, 2012
  8. Jonathan NiederOct 31, 2012
  9. Felipe ContrerasOct 31, 2012
  10. Johannes SixtOct 31, 2012
  11. Felipe ContrerasOct 31, 2012
  12. Jeff KingNov 2, 2012
  13. Felipe ContrerasNov 2, 2012
  14. Jeff KingNov 2, 2012
  15. Elia PintoOct 30, 2012
  16. Jonathan NiederOct 30, 2012
  17. Elia PintoOct 30, 2012
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