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[Harish Narayanan <harish.mlists@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/18/10 7:17 PM, Garth N. Wells wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 19:10 +0530, Harish Narayanan wrote:
>> On 8/18/10 7:08 PM, Garth N. Wells wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 19:03 +0530, Harish Narayanan wrote:
>>>> On 8/18/10 6:54 PM, Garth N. Wells wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 13:16 +0000, noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> revno: 378
>>>>>> committer: Garth N. Wells <gnw20@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> branch nick: dorsal
>>>>>> timestamp: Wed 2010-08-18 14:14:01 +0100
>>>>>> message:
>>>>>>   Add openSSUE 11.3
>>>>>
>>>>> Unfortunately this doesn't work. 
>>>>
>>>> I think this is because the relevant platform file is missing.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I have it - just haven't pushed it yet.
>>>
>>>>> How can I get some screen output from inside the function
>>>>> 'guess_platform' in dorsal.sh?
>>>>
>>>> You can't use echo as usual because there is a line outside that catches
>>>> whatever it prints.
>>>>
>>>> PLATFORM=${PROJECT}/platforms/`guess_platform`.platform
>>>>
>>>> Instead, just insert a guess_platform anywhere, so it will print
>>>> whatever guess_platform prints.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I prints nothing - that's why I need to somehow debug the function. How
>>> can I do that if I can't print anything?
>>
>> I guess this means none of the case branches are being followed. Just do
>> an echo right at the top somewhere and it should print (if called).
>>
> 
> It is being called - how can I print, for example, "DISTRO" to check it?

echo $DISTRO

Harish