Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 09:37:54PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> I wonder if it is better to grep for ' [-A] ' instead, like: >> >> cvsps_supports_A=$(cvsps -h 2>&1 | sed -ne '/\[-A\]/p') >> case "$cvsps_supports_A" in >> '') >> say 'skipping cvsimport tests, lacking cvsps that supports -A option' >> test_done >> exit >> esac > > I am not too opposed to that, but I felt that checking the version was a > little bit more future proof. I.e., I have no idea if it is only -A that > we need, but I know that 2.1 works and prior to 2.1 doesn't. You are right about "we may be depending on what 2.1 has other than -A". Will apply as-is. Thanks, both. The primary reason I asked about '\[-A\]' was what will happen if somebody uses 2.2. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
