Dan Manthey <dan_manthey@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > It's documented that the builtin `unset' is non-portable, but what about > the use of unset variables vs. empty variables? Is this distinction > always meaningful? Yes. > Also, I know that ${var:-default} is not portable. Is > ${var-default}? Yes. > For that matter, I know you can set bash to error out on $var for an > unset var Let's not do that, please. Let's stick to traditional behavior blessed by POSIX. If Bash's behavior is inherited I suppose we should turn it off. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf