In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
W Gerald Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Convince me that nothing like the following exists in the
> ports framework and /usr/src and I'd be ok with a change
> *after* 4.0 release (repeats himself)
>
> # Makefile.foo
>
> FOOVAR=
>
> .
> .
> .
>
> BARVAR=${FOOVAR}
>
> baz:
> for i in ${BARVAR} ; do \
> ${BLAP} $$i ; \
> done
>
>
> To me, changing it right now on the eve of -release
> would be gratuitous. Later I would be fine with it.
I agree that this is not the time to change it. But in the long run,
if the ports framework is misusing /bin/sh then the framework needs to
be fixed. We shouldn't let bugs there influence what we do with the
shell.
John
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John Polstra [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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