Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
To: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o, Pacho Ramos <pacho@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] readme.gentoo-r1.eclass: Do not inherit eutils.
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 10:32:23
Message-Id: 22134.33694.731726.885419@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] readme.gentoo-r1.eclass: Do not inherit eutils. by "Michał Górny"
1 >>>>> On Sun, 20 Dec 2015, Michał Górny wrote:
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3 > Feel free to use $'\0' if that makes it more explicit for you.
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5 This is even worse. The null character cannot be passed as an argument
6 because it is the string terminator. No, I won't use the "read"
7 variant at all, because it is an unreadable and gross hack.
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9 Besides, the "set -f" code in the eclass works just fine and has been
10 tested for several years by now.
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12 Ulrich

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