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Re: Debconf syntax error message that I don't understand



On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 10:02:33PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
> Doesn't work, unfortunately:

>   # now get rid of the commas by assigning to the positional parameters
>   set -x
>   OLD_IFS="$IFS"

<snip>

>   IFS=$OLDIFS

These variable names don't match,

> + IFS=  printf %s\n SUBST texlive-base/texconfig_ignorantbinarydvipdfmx

So that explains this output when using an empty $IFS.

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