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From: Roy Marples <uberlord@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Network configuration and bash
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:16:29
Message-Id: 20070207111342.0acfc931@uberlaptop
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Network configuration and bash by "Robin H. Johnson"
1 On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 01:03:56 -0800
2 "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 11:09:11PM +0000, Roy Marples wrote:
5 > > On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 21:14:49 +0000
6 > > Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@×××××××.org> wrote:
7 > > > Why? What's wrong with requiring a shell that supports various
8 > > > features beyond what POSIX specifies? Granted, choice of shell is
9 > > > good, but not if it's at the expense of functionality or ease of
10 > > > use.
11 > > Hmmmm, just how many features should a config file have beyond the
12 > > setting of variables?
13 > I make reasonable use of some of the advanced stuff already:
14 > http://www.orbis-terrarum.net/~robbat2/conf.d-multihomed
15 >
16
17 OK, so aside from arrays, you're using foo=${!bar} which could be
18 re-written as
19
20 eval foo=\"\$${bar}\"
21
22 That of course is your choice.
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