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Re: [PATCH 2/2] Avoid an unportable use of `$status' shell variable.


From: Ralf Wildenhues
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Avoid an unportable use of `$status' shell variable.
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:19:36 +0200
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-10-28)

* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 05:54:03PM CEST:
> * Makefile.am (path-check): Don't use the `$status' shell variable
> in the target's rules, as it's special in Zsh (equivalent to `$?',
> and readonly).

Thanks!  Will push.

A very minor nit:

> --- a/ChangeLog
> +++ b/ChangeLog
> @@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
>  2010-03-30  Stefano Lattarini  <address@hidden>
>  
> +     Avoid an unportable use of `$status' shell variable.
> +
> +     * Makefile.am (path-check): Don't use the `$status' shell variable

For future patches, please remove the empty line between summary line
and rest, it's customary to not have it in the ChangeLog, and only
really needed in the git log, for nice 'git log --oneline' output.

> +     in the target's rules, as it's special in Zsh (equivalent to `$?',
> +     and readonly).
> +
> +2010-03-30  Stefano Lattarini  <address@hidden>
> +

Another minor nit: I usually merge two patches on the same day to have
only one author header line.  Some projects do it this way, some the
other.  I think GCS recommends it.

>       Avoid another use of `chmod -R'.

Thanks,
Ralf




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