[gentoo-dev] virtualx missing xhost in DEPEND ?

2007-10-25 Thread Gilles Dartiguelongue
Hi list, today, I encountered a problem while compiling some parts of gnome on a box over ssh. Precisely, libbonoboui which inherits virtualx and calls Xmake for tests failed because a test that needed X wasn't able to find it. No X related environnement variable was present whatsoever. Looking c

[gentoo-dev] Opinions Wanted - Arrays again :)

2007-10-25 Thread Roy Marples
Hello List It's your favourite posix shell lover here, asking for your honest opinions. array="1.2.3.4 netmask 5.6.7.8; \* 'host.name' netmask 1.2.3.4 -I 'option; $FOO with spaces' " array=("1.2.3.4 netmask 5.6.7.8;" "\*" "'host.name' netmask 1.2.3.4" "-I 'option; $FOO with spaces'" ) array="'1

Re: [gentoo-dev] Opinions Wanted - Arrays again :)

2007-10-25 Thread Marijn Schouten (hkBst)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roy Marples wrote: > Hello List > > It's your favourite posix shell lover here, asking for your honest > opinions. > > array="1.2.3.4 netmask 5.6.7.8; > \* > 'host.name' netmask 1.2.3.4 > -I 'option; $FOO with spaces' > " > > array=("1.2.3.4 netmask

Re: [gentoo-dev] Opinions Wanted - Arrays again :)

2007-10-25 Thread Roy Marples
On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 18:02 +0200, Marijn Schouten (hkBst) wrote: > These sh ``arrays'' are really just strings, right? Did you implement > functions to take them apart? Can the same function handle forms 1 and 3? I don't think we could use both. Here's a code snippet of actually using them # Ho

Re: [gentoo-dev] Opinions Wanted - Arrays again :)

2007-10-25 Thread Ioannis Aslanidis
Form #1 looks clearer than #3, but still not so clear :) On 10/25/07, Roy Marples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 18:02 +0200, Marijn Schouten (hkBst) wrote: > > These sh ``arrays'' are really just strings, right? Did you implement > > functions to take them apart? Can the sam

Re: [gentoo-dev] Opinions Wanted - Arrays again :)

2007-10-25 Thread Josh Saddler
Roy Marples wrote: > Hello List > > It's your favourite posix shell lover here, asking for your honest > opinions. > > array="1.2.3.4 netmask 5.6.7.8; > \* > 'host.name' netmask 1.2.3.4 > -I 'option; $FOO with spaces' > " > > array=("1.2.3.4 netmask 5.6.7.8;" > "\*" > "'host.name' netmask 1.2.3.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Opinions Wanted - Arrays again :)

2007-10-25 Thread Donnie Berkholz
On 16:40 Thu 25 Oct , Roy Marples wrote: > Hello List > > It's your favourite posix shell lover here, asking for your honest > opinions. > > array="1.2.3.4 netmask 5.6.7.8; > \* > 'host.name' netmask 1.2.3.4 > -I 'option; $FOO with spaces' > " > > array=("1.2.3.4 netmask 5.6.7.8;" > "\*" > "

Re: [gentoo-dev] Opinions Wanted - Arrays again :)

2007-10-25 Thread Roy Marples
On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 14:31 -0700, Donnie Berkholz wrote: > Is there any way we could avoid these altogether, and instead use > separate variables for each array element? Well, we could prefix with numbers array="1.2.3.4 netmask 5.6.7.8; \* 'host.name' netmask 1.2.3.4 -I 'option; $FOO with space

Re: [gentoo-dev] Opinions Wanted - Arrays again :)

2007-10-25 Thread Donnie Berkholz
On 22:49 Thu 25 Oct , Roy Marples wrote: > On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 14:31 -0700, Donnie Berkholz wrote: > > Is there any way we could avoid these altogether, and instead use > > separate variables for each array element? > > Well, we could prefix with numbers > > array="1.2.3.4 netmask 5.6.7.8;

Re: [gentoo-dev] Opinions Wanted - Arrays again :)

2007-10-25 Thread Alec Warner
On 10/25/07, Roy Marples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello List > > It's your favourite posix shell lover here, asking for your honest > opinions. > > array="1.2.3.4 netmask 5.6.7.8; > \* > 'host.name' netmask 1.2.3.4 > -I 'option; $FOO with spaces' > " > > array=("1.2.3.4 netmask 5.6.7.8;" > "\*"

Re: [gentoo-dev] Opinions Wanted - Arrays again :)

2007-10-25 Thread Roy Marples
On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 23:13 -0700, Alec Warner wrote: > Can I vote for none of the above? :) Sure you can - provided you come up with an alternative approach to the problem :) > 1 > * Yes, that appears to be every ones thought so far. Thanks Roy -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] Opinions Wanted - Arrays again :)

2007-10-25 Thread Roy Marples
On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 15:56 -0700, Donnie Berkholz wrote: > On 22:49 Thu 25 Oct , Roy Marples wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 14:31 -0700, Donnie Berkholz wrote: > > > Is there any way we could avoid these altogether, and instead use > > > separate variables for each array element? > > > >