[U-Boot-Users] RFC: hidden environment variables

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Tue Apr 24 00:05:22 CEST 2007


In message <462D2A6F.5090306 at freescale.com> you wrote:
> 
> > You can implement an option that keeps a list of variables that should
> > be hidden. 
> 
> That's dual-maintenance.  It would be a lot easier if the environment had support for 
> generic hidden variables, so I wouldn't need to update that list.

If you don't want to break compatibility with  existing  systems  you
ill  have  to  maintain a separate list anyway - either in the source
code, or in the environment ;-)

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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