Subject: Re: make(1) question; purpose of ${ :? : }
To: Luke Mewburn <lukem@NetBSD.org>
From: Simon Gerraty <sjg@juniper.net>
List: tech-toolchain
Date: 01/12/2004 12:02:34
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 11:01:35 +1100, Luke Mewburn writes:
>On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 03:46:14PM -0800, Simon Gerraty wrote:
>  | Not sure this is a good idea... CondToken is in need of
>  | restructuring I suspect...=20
>
>It seems like useful functionality to add to :?.

Problem is that the expression ${$X:?yes:no} does not work in 
a .if - because cond.c is not recursive.  For now it is better to
leave it obviously broken I think?

I might tackle cond.c when I have more time...
--sjg