[Pm-utils] unify boolean config variables

[Victor Lowther]

On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 06:59 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> currently our man pages and config variables are not very consistent
> with regard to boolean variables.
> 
> The majority uses true/false,
> there is HIBERNATE_RESUME_POST_VIDEO which is yes/no
> and NEED_CLOCK_SYNC, where anything else then "" is treated as true
> (see 90clock).
> 
> I'd like to use true/false for all boolean values and update the
> manpages for HIBERNATE_RESUME_POST_VIDEO and NEED_CLOCK_SYNC and also
> the check in 90clock, to test explictly [ "$NEED_CLOCK_SYNC" = "true"
> ] || ...
> 
> Any objections? Do you think this would pose upgrade problems for
> users who already set
> HIBERNATE_RESUME_POST_VIDEO to yes or no ( I could check both values
> (yes/no,true/false))

I will encapsulate it in a function.  It will be along the lines of "if
$whatever is any of the commonly used values that mean yes, return true,
otherwise return false".


> Cheers,
> Michael
> 
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Victor Lowther
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