Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 18:02:02 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@chello.cz> To: Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: /usr/ports symlink + make search Message-ID: <20040615160202.GC2519@isis.wad.cz> In-Reply-To: <40CEFDF3.9000408@fillmore-labs.com> References: <20040615142313.GA26302@cs.huji.ac.il> <5588DFEE-BEDC-11D8-9250-00039312D914@fillmore-labs.com> <20040615153305.GB2519@isis.wad.cz> <40CEFDF3.9000408@fillmore-labs.com>
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# eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com / 2004-06-15 15:47:31 +0200:
> Roman Neuhauser wrote:
>
> ># eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com / 2004-06-15 16:57:34 +0200:
> >
> >>There are huge differences between the awk versions on -CURRENT and
> >>-STABLE, and I've been bitten by them more than one. I can recommend
> >>anyone writing non-trivial awk programs to test them on both systems.
> >
> >I used "awk --posix" during development of the script, and removed
> >the switch only when I needed to test the icase keyword.
>
> I did not mean to criticize you of not testing you stuff. Sorry
> if I sounded that way, that was totally unintentional. I just
> noted that I had myself written (and committed) stuff that broke
> on the other OS version, so you should not trust tests that happened
> only with one of both versions.
I did not feel that way at all. I just described what I did to make
sure I wasn't needlessly relying on gawkisms. Sort of saying "here's
my approach".
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