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Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: remove the need for a sorted .gitignore
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: remove the need for a sorted .gitignore |
Date: |
Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:52:15 +0100 |
Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
...
>>>> so it would be safer to probe for
>>>> and use a backslash safe echo here
>>>>
>>> Much better would be to just use printf. Safer, simpler and more portable!
>>
>> Yes. For uses like this, echo has been deprecated
>> for well over a decade.
>
> And here's another one :) What users (if any) will I be leaving behind if
> the next libtool release ejects all the echo probing gunk in favour of uniform
> use of printf throughout?
None.
"printf '%s\n' ..." has been a fine replacement for plain "echo" for at
least 5 years (probably more like 10), even with most museum-piece shells.
Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: remove the need for a sorted .gitignore, Pádraig Brady, 2013/01/26