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Re: [PATCH] for generic-build-script


On Wed, 19 May 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 03:52:04PM +0200, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> >Hallo cygwin-apps,
> >
> >--- generic-build-script~       2004-05-19 15:49:55.827961600 +0200
> >+++ generic-build-script        2004-05-19 15:49:41.196923200 +0200
> >@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
> >     fi ;\
> >   done &&\
> >   if [ -d ${instdir}${prefix}/share/info ] ; then \
> >-    find ${instdir}${prefix}/share/info -name "*.info" | xargs gzip -q ; \
> >+    find ${instdir}${prefix}/share/info -name "*" | xargs gzip -q ; \
>
> -name "*" is a no-op.  You can just remove it.

Yep.  I think what was intended here was "-type f".

> Also, shouldn't all of these directories be quoted, i.e:
>
> find "${instdir}${prefix}/share/info" -print0 | xargs -0 gzip -q
>
> cgf

True, but, AFAICS, the whole GBS suffers from this.  I should make a pass
and fix all of them in one sweep.

Gerrit, how about a resubmit, with or without the quoting, but with a
ChangeLog?
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