Re: [kbuild-devel] [patch] config language dep_* enhancements

Greg Banks (gnb@alphalink.com.au)
Mon, 12 Aug 2002 20:38:35 +1000


Andreas Schwab wrote:
>
> |> > + case "$arg" in
> |> > + y|m|n) ;;
> |> > + *) arg=$(eval echo \$$arg) ;;
> |>
> |> Don't you want to check at this point that arg starts with CONFIG_?
> |> Also, how about quoting \$$arg ?
>
> The Right Way to write that is like this, assuming that $arg has already
> been verified to be a valid identifier:

Yes, assuming that happens...

> eval arg=\$$arg
>
> No need for further quoting.

you're right.

Greg.

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