disambiguate expected string

"{ lan }" appears only in output
"lan" appears also in the command line we send

THOUGHTS.txt

@@ -7604,35 +7604,36 @@ Mon Apr  7 23:49:40 BST 2025
 
 DOC TODO
 
+[done] * need to explain the mailing lists and IRC somewhere
+
+[done] * markup the devices section as an appendix.
+
+[done] * docs for outputs? maybe appendix ii
+
+[done] * move "module implementation" from admin to dev (maybe?)
+
+[done] * CI: move from website to Development
+
+[done] * move info on the Community page to Introduction
+
+[halfarsed done] * write doc for porting to new hw
+ - how to bring up
+ - what we look for in a new device patch (kconfig style etc)
+
+[done] * add rsyncy thing to rmeote
+
 * we still have serial connection guff in both installation and
   development sections
 
-* need to explain the mailing lists and IRC somewhere
-
-* markup the devices section as an appendix. maybe convert the
-embedded rst to adoc
+* convert all the embedded rst to adoc
 
 * remove pages that are not posts from jekyll blog
 
 * landing page
 
-* add rsyncy thing to rmeote
-
-* docs for outputs? maybe appendix ii
-
 * "Continuous updates" is misleading as it gives the impression
 downstreams would be restarted if an upstream restarts. Not true.
 We should describe secrets subscriber here
 
-* write doc for porting to new hw
- - how to bring up
- - what we look for in a new device patch (kconfig style etc)
-
-* move "module implementation" from admin to dev (maybe?)
-
-* CI: move from website to Development
-
 * some basic css to make it not the same as (I assume) every single
   other asciidoc site
-
-* move info on the Community page to Introduction

pkgs/liminix-tools/services/builder.sh

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ mkdir -p $out/${name}
 
 writepath(){
     mkdir -p $(dirname $1)
-    echo $2 > $1
+    if test -n "$2" ; then ( echo $2 > $1 ) ;fi
 }
 if test -n "$propertiesText"; then
     mkdir $out/.properties

pkgs/output-template/output-template.fnl

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
                : math
                : ipairs
                : tonumber
+               : type
 
                :output
                (fn [service-path path default]

tests/pppoe/getaddress.expect

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ expect "#READY#"
 set timeout 30
 send "nft list set ip table-ip lan || touch /non/existent\n"
 expect {
-  "lan" { puts "lan found" }
+  "{ \"lan\" }" { puts "lan found" }
   "{ }" { puts "missing ifname"; exit 1 }
   "No such file or directory" { exit 1 }
 }  
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ expect "#READY#"
 # appears and you just have to make this sleep longer. Ew, yes
 send "sleep 10; nft list set ip table-ip wan || touch /non/existent\n"
 expect {
-  "ppp0" { puts "ppp0 found " }
+  "{ \"ppp0\" }" { puts "ppp0 found " }
   "{ }" { puts "missing ifname"; exit 1 }
   "No such file or directory" { exit 1 }
   timeout { exit 1 }