Hi, On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > while translating the scripts for dpkg, I noticed that sometimes > output in --help is quoted, sometimes it is not. I did not understand > the rule and since it might have happend on accident, I'd like to > clarify. > > Example: > dpkg-source --help > > For: -i[<regexp>] filter out files to ignore diffs of > (defaults to: ' > ~~~~~ > But: -I[<pattern>] filter out files when building tarballs > (defaults to: -I*.a > ~~~~~ > So in one case (-i) the quotes are there, but in the other (-I) they > are not.
I think it's because in the first case we only give the default value of <regexp> while in the second case we repeat the -I option with each entry... also the regexp is quite big so it's maybe easier to detect its end when it's enclosed in quotes. But I wouldn't bother too much with such details. :) Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Le best-seller français mis à jour pour Debian Etch : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
