[U-Boot] fw_setenv broken?

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed Nov 17 19:28:51 CET 2010


Dear Mike Frysinger,

In message <201011171313.27696.vapier at gentoo.org> you wrote:
>
> > Indeed this behaviour is normal. fw_printenv does not sort the output
> > (not yet - patches welcome).
> 
> why bloat the code ?  why cant people simply: `fw_printenv | sort` ?

Well, you are of course right, but some people expect consistent
behaviour. And in U-Boot "printenv" will sort the output.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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