[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] clean up tests in configure

Alexander Strasser eclipse7 at gmx.net
Wed Jul 6 09:15:06 CEST 2005


Ivo wrote:
> On Wednesday 06 July 2005 01:19, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > (and yes, I'm all for [ instead of test).
> 
> Funny, reading configure, I was always under the impression test was used 
> instead of [ for portability issues or something like that. But it wasn't? 
> What was the reason configure is full of test instead of [ ?

  I heard about test being more portable. But you never know.
And maybe configure even breaks on some seldom platforms and
just nobody noticed it. Anyway we can always wait for bug
reports and take global action (on configure not mother earth).
  
  Alex (beastd)




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