Andreas Schwab wrote:
>
> |> > + case "$arg" in
> |> > + y|m|n) ;;
> |> > + *) arg=$(eval echo \$$arg) ;;
> |>
> |> Don't you want to check at this point that arg starts with CONFIG_?
> |> Also, how about quoting \$$arg ?
>
> The Right Way to write that is like this, assuming that $arg has already
> been verified to be a valid identifier:
Yes, assuming that happens...
> eval arg=\$$arg
>
> No need for further quoting.
you're right.
Greg.
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