Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: remove the need for a sorted .gitignore

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Hi Jim,

On 28 Jan 2013, at 09:52, Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
> Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> ...
>>>>> so it would be safer to probe for
>>>>> and use a backslash safe echo here
>>>>> 
>>>> Much better would be to just use printf.  Safer, simpler and more portable!
>>> 
>>> Yes.  For uses like this, echo has been deprecated
>>> for well over a decade.
>> 
>> And here's another one :)  What users (if any) will I be leaving behind if
>> the next libtool release ejects all the echo probing gunk in favour of 
>> uniform
>> use of printf throughout?
> 
> None.
> 
> "printf '%s\n' ..." has been a fine replacement for plain "echo" for at
> least 5 years (probably more like 10), even with most museum-piece shells.

Splendid!  Thanks.

The upcoming release of libtool  (and bootstrap rewrite) will be unencumbered
by $bs_echo gunk, then. :)

Cheers,
-- 
Gary V. Vaughan (gary AT gnu DOT org)