GNU bug report logs - #68808
subsecond mtime discovery code insufficient

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: "Zack Weinberg" <zack <at> owlfolio.org>
To: "Karl Berry" <karl <at> freefriends.org>
Cc: 68808 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#68808: subsecond mtime discovery code insufficient
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 18:34:16 -0500

On Tue, Jan 30, 2024, at 6:32 PM, Karl Berry wrote:
> test "$[*]" != "X conftest.ts1 conftest.ts2" ||
> ..
> test "$[]2" = conftest.ts3 &&
> ..
> etc.
>
> I've never seen anything like that before. 

Oh! Those square brackets are M4 quotes to prevent M4 from expanding $* and $2 itself.

zw

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.