Re: [Bastille-linux-discuss] Perl: Need a suggestion

[Peter W <pe...@us...>]

At 2:17pm Aug 20, 2000, Jeffrey Denton wrote:

> } elsif ($distro =~ /^SW/) {
> } else....
> 
> Do I simply leave the block empty, or is there a better way of doing
> this? 

  } elsif (! ($distro =~ /^SW/) ) {
would be more efficient, but I think
  } elsif ($distro =~ /^SW/) {
	# not applicable
  } else....
is probably better because it's more readable.

But the bigger question, ISTM, is why it complains inside a module about
not being able to determine what distro it's running on. Maybe this is a
user interface question: Bastille shouldn't ask users about tasks that it
can't perform. IOW, Bastille should try to dtermine the distro before
asking the questions, and only ask pertinent questions.

-Peter