Re: Variable assignment not working as expected

[Alex Roman]

On 09/06/07, Marco Gerards <address@hidden> wrote:
> "Alex Roman" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > On 09/06/07, Bean <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> I try the following command:
> >>
> >> set AA=1
> >> set BB=$AA
> >
> > Taking a quick look at command.c where the "set" command is defined,
> > it doesn't look like that feature is implemented. Even in grub_env_set
> > in env.c it isn't implemented.
> >
> > I'm willing to implement this feature... Where do you, devs, think
> > this would be better suited? In the set command, or in the
> > grub_env_set function?
>
> The problem is different.  The command line parser should insert this,
> but currently can't deal with the case where text and variables are
> concatenated, IIRC.

Ahh... I see now how it's handled. My bad.

... I wish I knew flex/yacc :(

> >> then type set, it shows:
> >>
> >> AA=1
> >> BB=
> >>
> >> should the value of BB be 1 ?
> >>
> >> BTW, i notice that echo.c exists, but no echo.mod is generated.
> >
> > Because echo is such a "core" command it is built right into the kernel 
> AFAIK...
>
> No, it's even a normal mode command.

So, is it built as part of a module which needs to be loaded, or does
it get built into GRUB2 like insmod/rmmod/etc?


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Alex Roman <address@hidden>