Hi, On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Johannes Sixt wrote: > On Thursday 28 February 2008 16:45, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, Johannes Sixt wrote: > > > @@ -1094,6 +1094,13 @@ remove-dashes: > > > > > > ### Installation rules > > > > > > +ifeq ($(firstword $(subst /, ,$(template_dir))),..) > > > > How portable is "firstword"? Would it not be better to use > > How portable is "patsubst"? ;) > > > ifneq ($(patsubst ../%,,$(template_dir)),) > > This programming language is sort of write-only, so I don't know because > I can't read it ;) If you have tested your version and it works and you > have thought through all consequences (like how does it work if > template_dir=/a/../b), why not? I did not think through all consequences, but hoped that some knowledgable person could tell me that/if I am wrong in my assumption that patsubst is older than firstword. Since I encountered "firstword" for the very first time today, I thought it might be younger than "patsubst", which I met plenty a times. Ciao, Dscho -- 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
