Re: Honor `$TMPDIR' in `guile-snarf'

[Aleksej Saushev]

Neil Jerram <address@hidden> writes:

> address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>
>> -tempdir="/tmp/snarf.$$"
>> +
>> +if [ x"$TMPDIR" = x ]; then TMPDIR="/tmp" ; else : ; fi
>> +tempdir="$TMPDIR/guile-snarf.$$"
>
> I believe that's equivalent to
>
> tempdir="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/guile-snarf.$$"
>
> Although install-sh says:
>
> # Don't use :- since 4.3BSD and earlier shells don't like it.
>
> So your version is safer.

4.3BSD is dead for a long time, what's the use to support it in the new 
software?

As for Solaris, its "/bin/sh" isn't supported too by community,
any sane developer uses "/usr/xpg4/bin/sh" at least.


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