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From: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/2] Add test infrastructure
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 14:01:40 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201203041401.40738.arnout@mind.be> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201203040113.27598.yann.morin.1998@free.fr>

On Sunday 04 March 2012 01:13:27 Yann E. MORIN wrote:

[snip]
> > +testdir=$(dirname $0)
> > +topdir=$(cd $testdir/..; pwd)
> 
> I would highly suggest using ${foo} instead of $foo because it makes
> it explicit what the variable name is. Also, enclose variable between
> double-quotes, in case a vicious user uses a dir with a space in it.

 Spaces will make 'make' barf, so aren't supported anyway.  But * and
other ugly stuff would indeed be possible, so I've added quotes
everywhere.

[snip]
> See the "The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7", utilities chapter 2,
> dealing about "Shell Command Language":
>     http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/toc.htm
>     http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html

 That's a useful reference!  I'll look at that more often, thanks!

 Regards,
 Arnout

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  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-04 13:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-03 23:45 [Buildroot] Test infrastructure Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-03-03 23:45 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] Add target to print buildroot version Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-03-03 23:45 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/2] Add test infrastructure Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-03-04  0:13   ` Yann E. MORIN
2012-03-04 13:01     ` Arnout Vandecappelle [this message]
2012-03-05 14:56   ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-03-06  7:06     ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-03-06  8:29       ` Thomas Petazzoni

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