[U-Boot] [PATCH] mkconfig: deny messed up ARCH definition
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Sun Nov 1 15:57:40 CET 2009
Dear Mike Frysinger,
In message <200911010838.08938.vapier at gentoo.org> you wrote:
>
> > > > +if [ ! -z "$ARCH" -a "$ARCH" != "$2" ]; then
> > >
> > > is the !-z really needed ?
> >
> > We don't want the check to trigger if ARCH is not defined.
> > [ "$ARCH" != "$2" ] will trigger as "" != "arm"
>
> the implied question is whether this is a valid state. i know you dont wan> t
> that kind of comparison, but i thought the Makefile would have set it up fo> r
> you by default. now that i think about it a bit more, that isnt what happe> ns
> at all.
>
> so only thing to change here is to use -n and not !-z
Or even omit the (redundant) "-n" and just write
if [ "$ARCH" -a "$ARCH" != "$2" ]; then
...
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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