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SubjectRe: Weird code in scripts/kconfig/Makefile

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Pete Zaitcev wrote:

> Hi, Roman & All:
>
> In 2.6.19 (and Linus' curent tree), I found the following:
>
> libpath=$$dir/lib; lib=qt; osdir=""; \
> $(HOSTCXX) -print-multi-os-directory > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
> osdir=x$$($(HOSTCXX) -print-multi-os-directory); \
> test -d $$libpath/$$osdir && libpath=$$libpath/$$osdir; \
>
> What does the little 'x' do in front of $$(foo)? It looks suspiciously
> like a typo to me.
>
> I think Jason caught it, but I didn't see a correction sent out.
>

yes. looks like an error to me too...i left it out of an internal patch to
this code. Since we are testing for the existence of the directory, it has
probably gone unnoticed.
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