Brian,

did you have a chance to look at this yet?

- Johannes.

Johannes Fahrenkrug wrote:

> Brian Harring wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 10:15:00AM +0100, Johannes Fahrenkrug wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> if [[ -n $PORTAGE_NICENESS ]] && ! [[ -z $WE_ARE_NICED ]]; then
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Haven't looked at the patch yet, but a bit of bash fu for ya-
>>
>> [[ -n $VAR ]] == ! [[ -z $VAR ]]
>>
>> -z is zero length or unset, -n is length >= 1 (thus must be set).
>>  
>>
> Exactly!
> This code ...
>
> If  [[ -n $VAR ]] == ! [[ -z $VAR ]] (which it is) then
>    export WE_ARE_NICED=1
>    exec nice -n "$PORTAGE_NICENESS" "$0" "$@"
> fi
>
> ...has the purpose to execute the current script again with
> nice if PORTAGE_NICENESS is set and WE_ARE_NICED is not set (to avoid 
> an infinite loop).
> Right?
>
> If...
>
> if [[ -n $PORTAGE_NICENESS ]] && ! [[ -z $WE_ARE_NICED ]]; then
>
> ...is the same as...
>
> if [[ -n $PORTAGE_NICENESS ]] && [[ -n $WE_ARE_NICED ]]; then
>
> ...then that would mean that the condition is only met when both 
> PORTAGE_NICENESS
> and WE_ARE_NICED are set. But WE_ARE_NICED is only set inside the 
> if-body. So
> I think the condition should read
> if [[ -n $PORTAGE_NICENESS ]] &&  [[ -z $WE_ARE_NICED ]]; then
> meaning the condition is only met when PORTAGE_NICENESS is set and 
> WE_ARE_NICED is NOT set.
>
> Maybe I'm completely wrong here, but I think that's the only way the 
> condition makes sense.
> Please enlighten me if I'm wrong :)
>
> - Johannes.
>
>   


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