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Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: remove the need for a sorted .gitignore
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Gary V. Vaughan |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: remove the need for a sorted .gitignore |
Date: |
Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:04:20 +0700 |
Hi Jim,
On 28 Jan 2013, at 09:52, Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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.
Splendid! Thanks.
The upcoming release of libtool (and bootstrap rewrite) will be unencumbered
by $bs_echo gunk, then. :)
Cheers,
--
Gary V. Vaughan (gary AT gnu DOT org)
Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: remove the need for a sorted .gitignore, Pádraig Brady, 2013/01/26