Re: tests & graceful tool dependencies

2001-02-22 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Derek" == Derek R Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Derek> Whoops. Excuse me. That works in every case except ($test). Derek> The subshell created by parens breaks things. I guess that Derek> isn't all that robust. I'm not too concerned about this. Once we switch fully to using traces,

Re: tests & graceful tool dependencies

2001-02-22 Thread Derek R. Price
"Derek R. Price" wrote: > test='eval exit 77 && dummy' Whoops. Excuse me. That works in every case except ($test). The subshell created by parens breaks things. I guess that isn't all that robust. Derek -- Derek Price CVS Solutions Architect ( http://CVSHome.org )

Re: tests & graceful tool dependencies

2001-02-22 Thread Derek R. Price
"Derek R. Price" wrote: > "Derek R. Price" wrote: > > > AUTOCONF='exit 77 &&' > > Excuse me: > > AUTOCONF='exit 77 && dummy' > > to keep the parser eternally happy. Or almost eternally happy. Due to some wierdness where my Bash only evaluates a variable as a single command (i.e. ignorin

Re: tests & graceful tool dependencies

2001-02-22 Thread Derek R. Price
"Derek R. Price" wrote: > AUTOCONF='exit 77 &&' Excuse me: AUTOCONF='exit 77 && dummy' to keep the parser eternally happy. Derek -- Derek Price CVS Solutions Architect ( http://CVSHome.org ) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenAvenue ( http://OpenAvenue.com ) -- Eve