From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54307431FBC for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:41:18 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id TBdvxm5kBScu for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:41:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail1.space2u.com (mail1.space2u.com [62.20.1.135]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80538431FAE for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:41:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-bw0-f224.google.com (mail-bw0-f224.google.com [209.85.218.224]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail1.space2u.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nAQBf0Ar018995 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:41:01 +0100 Received: by bwz24 with SMTP id 24so480173bwz.30 for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:41:11 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.153.3 with SMTP id i3mr2263267bkw.26.1259235670122; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:41:10 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20091126110505.GI25119@ryngle.com> References: <1259223435-29656-1-git-send-email-stefan@datenfreihafen.org> <20091126110505.GI25119@ryngle.com> Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:41:10 +0100 Message-ID: From: Karl Wiberg To: Jan Janak Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Makefile: Enable backslash escapes for echo. X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:41:18 -0000 On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Jan Janak wrote: > I sent exactly the same patch a couple of days ago and it was > rejected because it does not work everywhere, see: > > http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/2009/000370.html And as I said in that thread, I believe you should use printf instead. (http://www.in-ulm.de/~mascheck/various/echo+printf/ seems like a good reference in this matter.) -- Karl Wiberg, kha@treskal.com subrabbit.wordpress.com www.treskal.com/kalle