Unbreaking allbareconfig (svn 16125).
Rob Landley
rob at landley.net
Mon Sep 18 14:16:36 UTC 2006
On Monday 18 September 2006 4:03 am, Bernhard Fischer wrote:
> >If we mean "/dev", why can't we say "/dev"? The directory has had a
> >defined
>
> It's not primarily about "/dev" but about /var/log vs. /var/adm etc.
What's the difference? Pick a path and use it.
> Furthermore, if someone wants to use "/devices" or "/d" instead of
> "/dev" in her router image, then it's only nice if she can change the
> path in one place. That's only a minor concern, though.
Having string constants where strings are used is simple. Having the
information you're using separated from the point of use is unnecessary
complication.
> >meaning for 30 years. Needing to centralize these in case we want to
create
> >non-unix versions of them really isn't something that interests me, and not
> >being able to see what the value actually _is_ when looking only at the
code
> >that uses it strikes me as a downside.
>
> {bb_,}path_dev_null should be pretty obvious to parse :)
If path_dev_null doesn't contain "/dev/null" then the variable name is
misleading. If you know for a fact that it _does_ contain "/dev/null" then
it's pointless and you should just use "/dev/null".
Rob
(Still asleep, still grumpy. Meeting was cancelled.)
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