On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 06:59 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > Hi, > > currently our man pages and config variables are not very consistent > with regard to boolean variables. > > The majority uses true/false, > there is HIBERNATE_RESUME_POST_VIDEO which is yes/no > and NEED_CLOCK_SYNC, where anything else then "" is treated as true > (see 90clock). > > I'd like to use true/false for all boolean values and update the > manpages for HIBERNATE_RESUME_POST_VIDEO and NEED_CLOCK_SYNC and also > the check in 90clock, to test explictly [ "$NEED_CLOCK_SYNC" = "true" > ] || ... > > Any objections? Do you think this would pose upgrade problems for > users who already set > HIBERNATE_RESUME_POST_VIDEO to yes or no ( I could check both values > (yes/no,true/false))
I will encapsulate it in a function. It will be along the lines of "if $whatever is any of the commonly used values that mean yes, return true, otherwise return false". > Cheers, > Michael > -- Victor Lowther RHCE# 805008539634727 LPIC-2# LPI000140019 _______________________________________________ Pm-utils mailing list Pm-utils@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/pm-utils
