[Buildroot] [PATCHv2 1/4] toolchain/helpers: don't use the x$(...) = x"value" syntax

Yann E. MORIN yann.morin.1998 at free.fr
Wed Jul 17 17:00:51 UTC 2013


Thomas, All,

On 2013-07-17 10:13 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
> As noted by Yann E. Morin, the x$(...) = x"value" syntax is old and
> ugly, and the easier to read "$(...)" = "value" can now be used
> without problems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
> ---
>  toolchain/helpers.mk | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/toolchain/helpers.mk b/toolchain/helpers.mk
> index 95217e7..94fe015 100644
> --- a/toolchain/helpers.mk
> +++ b/toolchain/helpers.mk
> @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ create_lib64_symlinks = \
>  # $2: feature description
>  #
>  check_glibc_feature = \
> -	if [ x$($(1)) != x"y" ] ; then \
> +	if [ "$($(1))" != "y" ] ; then \
>  		echo "$(2) available in C library, please enable $(1)" ; \
>  		exit 1 ; \
>  	fi
> @@ -236,11 +236,11 @@ check_glibc = \
>  #
>  check_uclibc_feature = \
>  	IS_IN_LIBC=`grep -q "\#define $(1) 1" $(3) && echo y` ; \
> -	if [ x$($(2)) != x"y" -a x$${IS_IN_LIBC} = x"y" ] ; then \
> +	if [ "$($(2))" != "y" -a $${IS_IN_LIBC} = "y" ] ; then \
				 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You'd have to quote this, too, since it can be the empty string.

>  		echo "$(4) available in C library, please enable $(2)" ; \
>  		exit 1 ; \
>  	fi ; \
> -	if [ x$($(2)) = x"y" -a x$${IS_IN_LIBC} != x"y" ] ; then \
> +	if [ "$($(2))" = "y" -a $${IS_IN_LIBC} != "y" ] ; then \
				^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Ditto.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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