Re: pkg/55882: pkg_install.conf does not support whitespace after =

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/55882; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: pkg-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost,
	bsiegert%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/55882: pkg_install.conf does not support whitespace after =
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2020 16:52:20 +0100

 On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 03:15:02PM +0000, Benny Siegert wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR pkg/55882; it has been noted by GNATS.
 > 
 > From: Benny Siegert <bsiegert%netbsd.org@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
 > Cc: pkg-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
 > Subject: Re: pkg/55882: pkg_install.conf does not support whitespace after =
 > Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2020 17:11:05 +0100
 > 
 >  On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 4:00 PM Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost> wrote:
 >  >  It works as documented. It is not a Makefile.
 >  
 >  Maybe, but it is certainly surprising that the rules for
 >  pkg_install.conf are different from mk.conf. It would not be hard to
 >  strip leading whitespace.
 
 So the next person comes along and complains that += doesn't work. Or
 that ${} variablse are not expanded. A week later, make is embedded in
 pkg_install. So no, it is not a bug. At best it is a feature request.
 
 Joerg