Mass confusion

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<Lingerance> When assigning to a variable in bash, what do parens do? Eg: source=($pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
<Black_Prince> have you used any different zlib version than the one in tbe book?
<dizzylizzy> Black_Prince, yes :(
<dizzylizzy> i had to
<dizzylizzy> the desired version is not at the zlib site anymore
<Black_Prince> take a look at zlib page
<dizzylizzy> okay
<Black_Prince> you will see ln -s command that uses zlib version
<Black_Prince> you need to change that to match your version
<Black_Prince> ln -s ../../lib/libz.so.1.2.7 /usr/lib/libz.so
<Black_Prince> default should be libz.so.1.2.6 or 1.2.5
<Black_Prince> Lingerance: that looks like some pacman stuff
<Black_Prince> (Archlinux package manager, not the game)
<Lingerance> Black_Prince: it is
<Black_Prince> I have no idea really
-*- Lingerance got pacman working on LFS
<Lingerance> I think I found it
<Black_Prince> source=$(echo foo) is used to run a shell command and store it into source
<Lingerance> () makes spaces behave different.y
<dizzylizzy> ohhh okay
<Black_Prince> whatever=(foo foo1 foo2) should be an array
<dizzylizzy> you're amazing Black_Prince
<dizzylizzy> and your answer even makes sense to me
<dizzylizzy> the thing is i've solved issues that way before, but the way the error presented itself was a little baffling to me
<Black_Prince> it should be okay if you use something different than in the book
<Black_Prince> but be sure that you change everything for the newer stuff
<Black_Prince> anyways, I'm off
<-- Black_Prince (~Prince@linuxfromscratch/developer/blackprince) has quit (Quit: In /dev/null no one can hear you scream.)
<Lingerance> Heh, so it is
<Lingerance> <3
<Berzerkula> it is?
<Berzerkula> yeah the book requires you to use the same zlib version if not you need to adjust the commands
<Lingerance> <Black_Prince> whatever=(foo foo1 foo2) should be an array <Lingerance> Heh, so it is
<Berzerkula> read bruce's comments here: http://linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/lfs-support/2012-July/042920.html
<Berzerkula> Lingerance, http://mywiki.wooledge.org/CommandSubstitution
<Berzerkula> For your $() answer
<Lingerance> Berzerkula: we already figgured it out thanks
<Berzerkula> sure you did
<Berzerkula> you just had no source to go with it
<Lingerance> That's not even the right thing.
<Berzerkula> http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide use this for your bash needs
<Berzerkula> yeah it is
<Lingerance> No it's not.
<Berzerkula> $(..) yes it is  $(echo foo)
<Berzerkula> it's command substitution
<Lingerance> That's not was being asked about
<Berzerkula> along with `..`
<Lingerance> <Lingerance> When assigning to a variable in bash, what do parens do? Eg: source=($pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
<Lingerance> FFS I know what I asked about
<Berzerkula> <Black_Prince> source=$(echo foo) is used to run a shell command and store it int  guess you should have said that to him
<Lingerance> He didn't act like that was /the/ answer like you are
<Lingerance> So I didn't bother correcting him
<Berzerkula> well you solve issues before you even get an answer so it doesn't matter.
<Berzerkula> quit asking things
<Lingerance> ...
<Berzerkula> oh you aren't dizzy
<Berzerkula> wtf!
<Berzerkula> are you two clones or something?
<Lingerance> No
<dizzylizzy> huh?
<dizzylizzy>  Approximate build time: 47 SBU  OH JOY
<Berzerkula> heh I went from zlib to $(..)
<Berzerkula> nevermind
<Berzerkula> sorry
<dizzylizzy> lol