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From: eravin@panix.uucp (Ed Ravin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Using ksh set -u breaks xinit script...
Message-ID: <1991Mar26.051930.16308@panix.uucp>
Date: 26 Mar 91 05:19:30 GMT
Sender: eravin@panix.uucp (Ed Ravin)
Organization: Unix Guru Training Camp
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I dragged my ksh environment over from my Sun workstation, and one
of the things I routinely turn on is 'set -u", so that shell variables
will cause an error if referenced before being declared (assigned).  I
consider this good programming practice and protection against spelling
errors, but it caused the "/usr/lpp/bin/xinit" script to break because it
checks for the variable XSTATION without declaring it first or using suitable
defaulting (e.g. ${foo:-} or whatnot).

Should I make this burning issue my first call to Defect Support?  Will they
even understand what I'm talking about?  I suppose I could ask my SE but he
keeps saying things like "Boy, this AIX stuff is totally different from
everything else I know..."

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