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["Garth N. Wells" <gnw20@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 15:50 +0200, Anders Logg wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 07:19:36PM +0530, Harish Narayanan wrote:
> > 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
> 
> :-)
> 

I'm not going to learn bash, so expect more. (Maybe even just to make a
point. ;))

Garth

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> Anders