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Date: Wed, 06 May 2020 10:01:23 +0300
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Subject: Re: [9front] Fwd: new rc parser
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X-Bullshit: lossless immutable hypervisor-based dependency-scale blockchain 

I noticed that -DVAR=smthing (to add defines for the compiler) works in 
mk scripts but not on the command line, where it has to be escaped, 
because of the equal sign. The suggested change might make mk and rc 
work the same.

On 2020-05-05 16:00, kvik@a-b.xyz wrote:

>> The changes to free carets make sense to me, and the bare '='
>> in words doesn't hurt.
> 
> Both are nice improvements.  I agree that we should watch
> porters fly this for a while before ingestion.