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From: Aron Griffis <aron@hp.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][TOOLS] libfsimage: portability fixes
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:56:58 -0400
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Ian Jackson wrote:  [Thu Mar 27 2008, 11:13:41AM EDT]
> ${VARIABLE:-defaultvalue} is in SuSv3 (section 2.6.2, `Use Default
> Values') and has been in many previous standards.  Any system whose
> /bin/sh can't cope is hopelessly broken.

Ah, great.

> > ${CC-cc} -o ext2-test ext2-test.c -lext2fs >/dev/null 2>&1
> 
> However, in this case, ${VARIABLE-defaultvalue} is an adequate
> substitute so we should use that.  With a default of gcc, since
> without gcc you're doomed anyway.

Okay, thanks.