Return-Path: X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A98B431FBC for ; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:05:20 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id V0VYYcATVFEp for ; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:05:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail1.space2u.com (mail1.space2u.com [62.20.1.135]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E499431FAE for ; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:05:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-bw0-f224.google.com (mail-bw0-f224.google.com [209.85.218.224]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail1.space2u.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nAN75Amp031326 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:05:11 +0100 Received: by bwz24 with SMTP id 24so3664502bwz.30 for ; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:05:16 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.48.144 with SMTP id r16mr1754832bkf.170.1258959916607; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:05:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <874oomgdz3.fsf@yoom.home.cworth.org> References: <1258893877-28436-1-git-send-email-jan@ryngle.com> <874oomgdz3.fsf@yoom.home.cworth.org> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:05:16 +0100 Message-ID: From: Karl Wiberg To: Carl Worth Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: [notmuch] [PATCH] makefile: Tell echo to interpret escape sequences. X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:05:20 -0000 On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 3:41 AM, Carl Worth wrote: > It's a shame that simple things like "echo" aren't easy to use portably. > (And yes, I know that autoconf has a bunch of tests for echo, such as > how to get the behavior of "echo -n", etc.) I think the standard workaround is to use "printf" instead. -- Karl Wiberg, kha@treskal.com subrabbit.wordpress.com www.treskal.com/kalle