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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/5] kbuild: fix warning when domainname is not available
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 01:04:11AM +0300, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 12:58 AM, Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com> wrote:
> > .
> > On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 17:42, Felipe Contreras
> > <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 12:12 AM, Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 15:38, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> >>>> +  if $domain; then
> >>>
> >>> is this really correct ?  i think you meant to use:
> >>> [ -n "$domain" ]
> >>
> >> What is the difference?
> >>
> >> $domain unset
> >> test -n "" -> false
> >> test -> false
> >>
> >> $domain is a valid string
> >> test -n "string" -> true
> >> test "string" -> true
> >
> > except that you didnt invoke `test` anywhere.  you're executing the
> > contents of $domain.
>
> Ahh, I'll update it to:
> [ "$domain" ]

Please use [ -n "$domain" ].
Be explicit about what you do.

[Likewise in c we never omit "int" just because we can].

Sam
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