From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 100799 invoked by alias); 7 Nov 2018 20:18:57 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 100784 invoked by uid 89); 7 Nov 2018 20:18:56 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=Hx-spam-relays-external:ESMTPA X-HELO: vsmx009.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net Received: from vsmx009.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net (HELO vsmx009.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net) (153.92.174.87) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 07 Nov 2018 20:18:55 +0000 Received: from vsmx001.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net (unknown [192.168.75.191]) by mta-5-out.mta.xion.oxcs.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20231C0526 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2018 20:18:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Gertrud (unknown [91.47.63.38]) by mta-5-out.mta.xion.oxcs.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id E7F8830039A for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2018 20:18:49 +0000 (UTC) From: Achim Gratz To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: cygport fails with package starting with number References: <703d2702-0407-82fa-3a84-237bc913cd41@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2018 20:18:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: (cyg Simple's message of "Wed, 7 Nov 2018 15:05:43 -0500") Message-ID: <874lcsd4k7.fsf@Rainer.invalid> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-SW-Source: 2018-11/txt/msg00071.txt.bz2 cyg Simple writes: >> 4ti2_debuginfo_CONTENTS: bad substitution > > This is coming from the ${!dbg_contents_var} syntax. What is this > input to tar supposed to be? The "bad substitution" is because the > variable isn't an integer. No, the reason is that it's not a valid identifier. If Yaakov had declared a nameref, the error message would have been more enlightening than what the indirection produces. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Wavetables for the Terratec KOMPLEXER: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#KomplexerWaves -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple