Subject: Re: the bash builtin command `if test -n
From: [email-masked] (Earnie Boyd)

19 Sep 1997 13:32:17 -0700
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Thanks for the correction and the help Chet.

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>> I have been trying to build and install groff-1.11.  I have found a 
>> problem with the builtin command "if" with the following syntax:
>> 
>>      if test -n "$(tmac-wrap)"; then \ 
>>          for m in $(tmac-wrap); do \
>>              ...
>>          done; \
>>      fi
>> 
>> bash aborts with "syntax error near unexpected token `;'" 
>> ... `if test -n ""; then for m in ; do ...; done; fi
>> 
>> bash shouldn't test the syntax of the "for" command since what is 
>> being done is a test to see if the "for" command will execute 
properly.
>
>That's not true.  All sh-style shells parse entire commands before 
>attempting to execute them.
>
>> In the mean time: Any ideas on how to easily modify the Makefile.sub 
>> for  the "tmac" subsystem to allow "make" to complete?
>
>Add a dummy argument before or after the $(tmac-wrap) in the for 
>command, or do something like 
>
>if test -n "$(tmac-wrap)"; then \
>TMAC_WRAP="$(tmac-wrap)" ; \
>for m in $$TMAC_WRAP; do \
>...
>done; \
>fi
>
>-- 
>``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
>
>Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University Internet: [email-masked]

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