Re: dpkg-hold (was Bug#30973)
- To: Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <tosi@ees2.oulu.fi>
- Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, Buddha Buck <bmbuck@acsu.buffalo.edu>, Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>, Aaron Van Couwenberghe <vanco@sonic.net>, 30973@bugs.debian.org, control@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Re: dpkg-hold (was Bug#30973)
- From: Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 11:47:35 +1100
- Message-id: <[🔎] 19981225114735.F7050@csanders.taz.net.au>
- Mail-followup-to: Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <tosi@ees2.oulu.fi>, debian-devel@lists.debian.org, Buddha Buck <bmbuck@acsu.buffalo.edu>, Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>, Aaron Van Couwenberghe <vanco@sonic.net>, 30973@bugs.debian.org, control@bugs.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <[🔎] 871zlp1h4i.fsf_-_@PC486.Niemitalo.fi>; from Kalle Olavi Niemitalo on Thu, Dec 24, 1998 at 09:20:45PM +0200
- References: <jim@jimpick.com> <[🔎] E0zsWZS-0006TV-00@resnet217-203.resnet.buffalo.edu> <[🔎] 19981224142136.A6201@csanders.taz.net.au> <[🔎] 871zlp1h4i.fsf_-_@PC486.Niemitalo.fi>
On Thu, Dec 24, 1998 at 09:20:45PM +0200, Kalle Olavi Niemitalo wrote:
> Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> writes:
>
> > if [ -z "$@" ] ; then
>
> This should use "$*" -- otherwise each package name becomes a separate
> parameter, and "[" barfs.
you're right. i'd never noticed that before (i've never needed to Hold
more than one package at a time...but writing the script to do so was no
harder than writing it to do one at a time).
thanks,
craig
--
craig sanders
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