Return-Path: Delivered-To: new-httpd-archive@hyperreal.org Received: (qmail 27452 invoked by uid 6000); 15 Jan 1999 22:04:27 -0000 Received: (qmail 27443 invoked from network); 15 Jan 1999 22:04:25 -0000 Received: from twinlark.arctic.org (204.107.140.52) by taz.hyperreal.org with SMTP; 15 Jan 1999 22:04:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 19419 invoked by uid 500); 15 Jan 1999 22:04:24 -0000 Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 14:04:24 -0800 (PST) From: Dean Gaudet To: new-httpd@apache.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: apache-1.3/src Configure In-Reply-To: <13983.46117.76900.242855@zap.ml.org> Message-ID: X-Comment: Visit http://www.arctic.org/~dgaudet/legal for information regarding copyright and disclaimer. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: new-httpd-owner@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org ditto, please back out those changes. Dean On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Ben Hyde wrote: > jim@hyperreal.org writes: > >jim 99/01/15 12:32:54 > > > > Modified: src Configure > > Log: > > Found my old System 7 shell book... Looks like this "." vs "x" stuff > > isn't needed at all, as long as we wrap both sides in "". So, instead > > we'll use > > > > "$VAR" = "" > > or > > "$VAR" = "value" > > > > and this make it crystal clear. > > :-( I'm perfectly willing to believe that one of the > thousands of superstitious behaviors I use when writing > shell scripts is unnecessary, but I'm entirely unwilling > to forswear any one of them. Better not to tempt the > gods boy, they are a mean lot! - ben >