Re: [PATCH v6] acpi: Prevent GPL-only code from seeping into non-GPL binaries

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@suse.com>]

>>> On 26.09.16 at 15:43, <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> wrote:
> On 09/26/2016 09:08 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>>> On 26.09.16 at 14:49, <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> wrote:
>>> On 09/26/2016 02:46 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>>>>> On 23.09.16 at 21:14, <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> wrote:
>>>>> Changes in v6:
>>>>> * Replaced script's printf in most case with "here document" (for multi-line
>>>>>   text) or echo for single line. Left printf for formatted output.
>>>>>   (Note that in one case paramter expansion is necessary and so
>>>>>    delimiter word is intentionally not quoted).
>>>>> * Replaced bash arrays with ${string:index:size} syntax.
>>>> Without having looked at the patch in full yet - is this any more
>>>> portable than the previous approach? I can't see any mention of
>>>> it in SUSv6 / SUSv7 either.
>>> I can't say for sure but I remember seeing this construct long time ago.
>>>
>>> Of course, this being bash, there are at least 3 ways of doing the same
>>> thing so I can also do
>>>
>>>     link=`echo "A B C D" | cut  -d" " -f $i`
>>>
>>> Will SUSv6 understand this?
>> Yes, it looks like it will. But you could have checked yourself.
> 
> 
> Yes, I could. But somehow I thought you were referring to a SUSE product
> instead of the UNIX spec.
> 
> Anyway, I will hold off re-sending the patch with this fixed until you
> review the one I sent.

Oh, I've looked over it already, and it looks reasonable once the
comments already given by others have got addressed.

Jan


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