On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 04:05:08PM -0800, Richard Coffee wrote:
>
> I was installing curl 7.32.0 today and ran across something I would like to
> ask about. In the current BLFS book, as part of the make install, there is
> this line:
>
> find docs \( -name "Makefile*" -o -name "*.1" -o -name "*.3" \) -exec rm {}
> \; &&
>
> Now in my old script file for curl 7.25.0 I have this line:
>
> find docs -name "Makefile*" -o -name "*.1" -o -name "*.3" | xargs rm &&
>
> The lines appear functionally identical. My question is does anyone know why
> the line was changed? I'm thinking that it may have just been the preference
> of the editor who updated the version. Or was there another reason? Some
> nuance of the line that prompted the change? I'm just curious...
>
>
> richardIt looks purely syntactical to me. I'm not a dev or anything so I couldn't say for sure, but it is possible they just wanted something cleaner. - T > > ____________________________________________________________ > FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your > desktop! > Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/marineaquarium > > > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page
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