Re: pkg/55882: pkg_install.conf does not support whitespace after =

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 03:15:02PM +0000, Benny Siegert wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR pkg/55882; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: Benny Siegert <bsiegert%netbsd.org@localhost>
> To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
> Cc: pkg-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
> Subject: Re: pkg/55882: pkg_install.conf does not support whitespace after =
> Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2020 17:11:05 +0100
> 
>  On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 4:00 PM Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost> wrote:
>  >  It works as documented. It is not a Makefile.
>  
>  Maybe, but it is certainly surprising that the rules for
>  pkg_install.conf are different from mk.conf. It would not be hard to
>  strip leading whitespace.

So the next person comes along and complains that += doesn't work. Or
that ${} variablse are not expanded. A week later, make is embedded in
pkg_install. So no, it is not a bug. At best it is a feature request.

Joerg