> > * On 2014-07-18 at 15:25 BST, Jörn Clausen wrote: > > > >> The relevant line 42 is > >> > >> BUILTIN_VERSION.xextproto!= 1.0.1 > >> > >> i.e. != is used as assignment operator. Is this valid syntax? On Mon 21 Jul 2014 at 09:42:23 +0200, Jörn Clausen wrote: > Thanks! There is always one more arcane shell syntax I haven't seen, > so I wasn't sure :) In a (BSD) Makefile, using != as assignment means that the text on the right hand side is interpreted as a shell command and executed (the output will be the value of the variable). That would explain the error messages about commands called 1.0.1. -Olaf. -- ___ Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert -- The Doctor: No, 'eureka' is Greek for \X/ rhialto/at/xs4all.nl -- 'this bath is too hot.'
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