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Diffstat (limited to 'HACKING')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -290,16 +290,15 @@ yyyy-mm-dd Name of Author <email@address> (tiny change) ====================== * Be careful with both `echo' and `$ECHO'. As the latter may be one of - echo - print -r + print -r -- printf %s\n - $CONFIG_SHELL $0 --fallback-echo - it may not have more than one argument, its value may not be eval'ed - and the argument may not start with a `-'. As a rule of thumb, use + func_fallback_echo + it may not have more than one argument and its value may not be + eval'ed. However, the argument may start with a `-'. As a rule of + thumb, use echo .. for literal (constant) strings without leading hyphen and no backslashes within, - $ECHO ".." for strings without leading hyphen, - $ECHO "X.." | $Xsed otherwise. + $ECHO ".." otherwise. * The Autoconf manual says that giving an empty parameter is equivalent to not giving it at all. (In particular, the Autoconf manual doesn't |