---
bin/misc-functions.sh | 16 +++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/bin/misc-functions.sh b/bin/misc-functions.sh
index 9b79351..c2ff70a 100755
--- a/bin/misc-functions.sh
+++ b/bin/misc-functions.sh
@@ -261,20 +261,30 @@ install_mask() {
shift
local install_mask="$*"
- # we don't want globbing for initial expansion, but afterwards, we do
+ # We think of $install_mask as a space-separated list of
+ # globs. We don't want globbing in the "for" loop; that is, we
+ # want to keep the asterisks in the indivual entries.
local shopts=$-
set -o noglob
local no_inst
for no_inst in ${install_mask}; do
+ # Here, $no_inst is a single "entry" potentially
+ # containing a glob. From now on, we *do* want to
+ # expand it.
set +o noglob
- # normal stuff
+ # The standard case where $no_inst is something that
+ # the shell could expand on its own.
if [[ -e "${root}"/${no_inst} || "${root}"/${no_inst} != $(echo
"${root}"/${no_inst}) ]] ; then
__quiet_mode || einfo "Removing ${no_inst}"
rm -Rf "${root}"/${no_inst} >&/dev/null
fi
- # we also need to handle globs (*.a, *.h, etc)
+ # We also want to allow the user to specify a "bare
+ # glob." For example, $no_inst="*.a" should prevent
+ # ALL files ending in ".a" from being installed,
+ # regardless of their location/depth. We achieve this
+ # by passing the pattern to `find`.
find "${root}" \( -path "${no_inst}" -or -name "${no_inst}" \) \
-print0 2> /dev/null \
| LC_ALL=C sort -z \
--
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