> 2019/11/4 Mon 20:37:24 UTC+9 James McCoy wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 4, 2019, 05:28 Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]
> > <javascript:>> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> > On Sun, Nov 03, 2019 at 09:20:20PM +0100, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > Christian wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > On So, 03 Nov 2019, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > > Right, "make vimtags" doesn't work. I'm not sure how widespread
> >> "type"
> >> > > > > is, I think "which" should be safer.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > type or command -v is the command one should use nowadays. For a
> >> really
> >> > > > deep dive into what to use, I suggest this great article:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/85250/303213
> >> > >
> >> > > Hmm, not that great. It doesn't list what command is available in
> >> which
> >> > > version of a shell. It does mention that "which" is widely available,
> >> > > while "type" is not.
> >> >
> >> > FWIW, "command -v ..." is specified in POSIX. "type" is as well, but as
> >> > an XSI extension.
> >>
> >> In tcsh:
> >>
> >> $ command -v vim
> >> command: Command not found.
> >>
> >> Perfect error message :-).
> >
> > Tcsh isn't /bin/sh, so I'm not sure why that's relevant. This is in the
> > context of a Makefile, which uses /bin/sh.
I suppose any kind of csh wouldn't work.
> We already use "command -v" in src/po/Makefile.
> I think it can be also safely used in runtime/doc/Makefile.
I was wondering how widely supported "command -v" is. Perhaps it's OK,
since that existing use hasn't triggered complaints. It's in a bit of a
far corner of the build rules though.
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