Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] restore compatibility with pre-POSIX shells in config.guess

[Jacob Bachmeyer]

Zack Weinberg wrote:
> On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 10:42 PM Jacob Bachmeyer <jcb62281@gmail.com> wrote:
>   
> > Jacob Bachmeyer wrote:
> >     
> > > [...]
> > > Jacob Bachmeyer (8):
> > >   config.guess: use intermediate variable with uname results
> > >   config.guess: manual fixups after previous automatic patch
> > >   config.guess: remove unneeded quotes and factor command substitutions
> > >   config.guess: automatic fixups after previous automated patch
> > >   config.guess: manual fixup after previous automated patches
> > >   config.guess: replace POSIX $( ) with classic ` ` throughout
> > >   config.guess: manual fixups after previous automatic patch
> > >   remove automatic patch generators
> > >       
>
> For the record, I still object to the removal of "unneeded" quotation,
> as is still being discussed in the previous thread.

For the record, I still object to useless quotation and stand by my 
patches to clean them up.  Style rules that ignore language rules are 
asking for trouble.


-- Jacob