[MPlayer-users] [PATCH] ./configure syntax error

[D Richard Felker III]

On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 12:23:29PM +1100, Cameron Hutchison wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Once upon a time D Richard Felker III said...
> > On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 11:22:58PM +1100, Cameron Hutchison wrote:
> > > Once upon a time Steven M. Schultz said...
> > > > 
> > > > > > -if x86 && ! cygwin; then
> > > > > > +if test x86 -a ! cygwin; then
> > > > > 
> > > > > I don't think so. x86 and cygwin are function calls, not variables.
> > > > 
> > > > 	Right.  And the shell will evaluate them as function calls _before_
> > > > 	invoking 'test' - won't it?
> > > 
> > > No. They're just arguments to 'test'. The shell will just pass them as
> > > strings.
> > 
> > I don't think so; that's total nonsense. If that were the case you'd
> > be running test on a constant string which would always evaluate to
> > true!!
> 
> No. Read it more carefully. In one case, there is:
> 
> if <command1> && ! <command2> ; then
> 
> In the other it is
> 
> if test <string1> -a ! <string2> ; then
> 
> In this second case, the only command executed is test(1). In the first
> case, both <commands> are executed.

Huh?!? That's exactly what I just said. Apparently one or both of us
is misunderstanding the other and it's getting rather pointless.
Someone just fix the script and be done with it.

Rich