svn commit: r306797 - head/emulators/bochs

Alexey Dokuchaev danfe at FreeBSD.org
Thu Nov 1 16:42:37 UTC 2012


On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 04:34:28PM +0000, Chris Rees wrote:
> Both usages are correct, but the empty() syntax was written into the
> Porter's Handbook because some complex expressions failed if expressed
> as ! ${:M}.
> 
> However, when challenged I couldn't reproduce these, so I updated the docs.
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=docs/172662

Yes, please.  I prefer ! form as it is 1) easier to read and compare to sole
${PORT_OPTIONS:MEXAMPLES}; and 2) does not raise unnecessary questions like
"hmm, why not simply ! test it here".

./danfe


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