On Wed, 12 May 2010 13:29:55 -0400, Nelson Elhage <nelhage@mit.edu> wrote:
> Hm. You're probably right that it should be ${LDFLAGS:-} for
> consistency with the others, but what I wrote is functionally correct:
> 
> ${LDFLAGS-FOO} means "If LDFLAGS is set at all (even to an empty
> value), substitute $LDFLAGS; otherwise, substitute FOO".

Interesting!  Ok, I stand corrected.  I was looking through the bash man
page to refresh my memory, and I didn't see that option.  Good thing I
didn't put any money on it!

jamie.