Re: [gentoo-dev] portage prize winners

On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 10:42:51AM -0400, Aron Griffis wrote:
> splite-gentoo@××××××××××××××××.edu wrote:	[Thu Jun 03 2004, 09:59:37AM EDT]
> > On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 09:28:17PM -0400, Aron Griffis wrote:
> > > Doing some maintenance on the tree, found some real prize winning
> > > brokenness.  Here's just a taste...
> > >
> > >     use python && use ppc || myconf="$myconf --with-python"
> >
> > What's wrong with this?  It's just a succinct way of saying:
> >
> > 	if use python && ! use ppc; then
> > 		myconf="$myconf --with-python"
> > 	fi
>
> I'm glad you asked!  It's actually a succinct way of saying:
>
>     if ! use python || ! use ppc; then
>         myconf="$myconf --with-python"
>     fi
>
> Try these on the bash command-line:
>
>     true && false || echo borken
>     false && true || echo borken
>
> If you're still confused by this, or think I'm wrong, let me know and

Nope, you're right.  That's what I get for pre-coffee posting.  This would
work:

	use python && { use ppc || myconf="$myconf --with-python"; }

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