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

[Oswald Buddenhagen]

On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 01:03:16PM +0100, Arpi wrote:
> >   if ! <cmd> ...;
> > _is_ standard and _has_ to be supported. same for the && and ||
> > operators.
> 
> yes, i also knew so, but it seems it isn't by all shells.
> 
hmm, these shells are so broken, that it's not worth messing up the code
because of them. it's not that the posix shell spec requires really a
lot ...

> > another thing ... i find it a bit annoying that i have to recompile the
> > complete mplayer every time configure changes (even though it produces
> touch .developer :)
> 
yeah, i knew that already. ;)

> users rarely change ./configure
> 
well, wrt. mplayer i'm only a user, but i cvs up almost daily.

> and developers know what are they doing.
>
yes, but in the first place they are lazy. ;)

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