From: chet AT odin DOT INS DOT CWRU DOT Edu (Chet Ramey) Subject: Re: the bash builtin command `if test -n ""' (fwd) 19 Sep 1997 09:37:52 -0700 Message-ID: <970919161804.AA09255.SM.cygnus.gnu-win32@odin.INS.CWRU.Edu> References: Reply-To: chet AT po DOT cwru DOT edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: earnie AT usa DOT net Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com, chet AT odin DOT INS DOT CWRU DOT Edu > 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: chet AT po DOT CWRU DOT Edu - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".