On Tue, 2011 Aug 16 15:30+0200, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>
> Luckily, as far as I know, the above construct should be portable to
> all non-museum shells. So I've used it with only a minor modification
> (with the only purpose of making the contruct slighlty clearer):
>
> CLASSPATH=mumblemumble$${CLASSPATH:+":$$CLASSPATH"}
The extra clarity is appreciated; I'm still not used to doing these
special variable dereferences :-)
> I can reproduce the problem using your test case, and fix it using
> your suggestion. I've preparad the attached patch, which I will push
> in a couple of days if there are no further comments.
The patch works for me, and I defer to you on older shells being able to
handle this.
> BTW, are you the same "Daniel Richard G." listed in THANKS with the
> address "[email protected]"? If yes, should I update your
> address there?
The same! That's my work address, and while it remains active, my
personal address (@iskunk.org) is the one I usually go by in this realm.
Please feel free to update the entry.
Regards,
--Daniel
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