Re: isn't sed s,x,x, one big no-op?

[Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>]

* 2010-05-06 08:52 (+0800), jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:

> In /etc/grub.d/00_header we see
>
>   transform="s,x,x,"
>   grub_prefix=`echo /boot/grub | sed ${transform}`
>   locale_dir=`echo /boot/grub/locale | sed ${transform}`
>
> Isn't that sed line one big no-op? Should I file a bug to have it
> removed or at least have a comment added as to its purpose, or have
> them use a better way to achieve what they are trying to do?

I'm sure it's for a purpose. If you file a bug I'd suggest a wish list
category and tone like "Please document the purpose of ..."

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