/usr/ports symlink + make search

Roman Neuhauser neuhauser at chello.cz
Tue Jun 15 16:02:36 GMT 2004


# eikemeier at fillmore-labs.com / 2004-06-15 15:47:31 +0200:
> Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> 
> ># eikemeier at 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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