[mythtv] Re: [mythtv-commits] mythtv commit: r7932 by nigel

[George Nassas]

On 23-Nov-05, at 7:27 PM, Nigel Pearson wrote:

>> test expects one word on either side of the != so all that "no 
>> sdl-config in ..." crap gives it heartburn.
>
> 	Aah. Common scripting problem. Easy to fix. Try this:
> if test "x`which sdl-config`" != x ; then

Yup, I know that one too but you need the right side to be "x". Double 
quoting allows test to execute but it doesn't establish that you have 
sdl installed since when you don't have it the comparison becomes "xno 
sdl-config in a b c" != "x" which is true and that causes the script to 
think you have sdl installed. We really need which to shut up when it 
can't find anything.

So far the contenders are test x`which sdl-config | 2>&1 grep -v ^no` 
!= x and a shell function that implements a properly quiet which. David 
Snider leans towards the first and I lean towards the second.

> 	The only problem I get now is:
> ld: Undefined symbols:
> ...
> 	which is strange, because:

Hmm, that is odd. I'll see if I can come up with anything over the next 
few days.

- George