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