On 2014-01-10 19:10, Anatol Pomozov wrote:
Well, $srcdir/$destdir need double-quotes because they might contain
spaces (although creating dirs with white-spaces on UNIX is a dumb
idea). What about other variables like $pkgver? The same question
applied to other parts of PKGBUILD - why quotes are needed for
dependencies, license, arch, sources...?
It's not actually required if you know that the variable won't expand
incorrectly. However, it is good practice to do so. And, using
double-quotes will ensure proper expansion. I tend to be incredibly
verbose about this and even include braces for variables:
"${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz"
It looks cleanest to me this way, and I know that it will always expand
the way I want it to. This is, however, a matter of style more than
anything else.
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All the best,
Sam Stuewe (HalosGhost)
