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On Tuesday, September 13, 2011 18:01:25 Alec Warner wrote: |
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> On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> > this is so i can do: |
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> > export some_var=$(usex some_flag) |
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> > and get it set to "yes" or "no" |
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> If the intent is to use it for logic: |
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> export some_var=$(usex some_flag) |
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> if [[ $some_var == yes ]]; then |
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> # buttsex |
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> fi |
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that is not the intent |
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> Then I recommend making true / false the default and then doing |
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> if $some_var; then |
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> # buttsex |
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> fi |
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the point is to use it to construct vars that get passed to scripts like econf |
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or programs like emake |
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ac_cv_some_header=$(usex foo) \ |
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econf ... |
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emake USE_POOP=$(usex poo) |
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-mike |
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