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Re: [PATCH 0/2] Make run-command.c honour SHELL_PATH

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Ben Walton <bwalton@artsci.utoronto.ca>
Date
Mar 26, 2012, 18:19 UTC
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Excerpts from Jeff King's message of Mon Mar 26 14:12:38 -0400 2012:
> What is /opt/csw/bin/sh? Is it a symlink to bash (which would mean
> bash running in POSIX mode)? Or is it a lightweight shell like ash?
> Or something else?

This is some version of the traditional solaris /bin/sh packaged as part of schilyutils (Joerg Schilling's utilities). I'm really not sure why he packages it or what the differences from /bin/sh are...Asking him is on my todo list though. I only just learned it existed when I hit this glitch.

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> The point of SHELL_PATH is to provide a POSIX shell.  Generally,
> bash behavior is a superset of POSIX, so you will not run into any
> incompatibilities by running things with bash. But do be aware that
> you are slightly incompatible with the rest of the world (so things
> that work for you, for example, might not work for people using git
> with the stock "shell is /bin/sh" configuration).

This was a conscious choice I made early in the packaging of git for OpenCSW. The idea was that we had a shell that was also under our packaging control and 'sane' at the same time. I realize it's a superset of the POSIX functionality. It's something I should maybe change, but I'd need to stage it slowly so as to avoid breakages.

Thanks -Ben -- Ben Walton Systems Programmer - CHASS University of Toronto C:416.407.5610 | W:416.978.4302

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Message 7 of 29 in “Make run-command.c honour SHELL_PATH”
  1. 0/2 Make run-command.c honour SHELL_PATHBen Walton, Mar 25, 2012
  2. 1/2 run-command.c: Define SHELL_PATH macro for use in prepare_shell_cmdBen Walton, Mar 25, 2012
  3. 2/2 Makefile: Set EXTRA_CPPFLAGS during the compilation of run-commandBen Walton, Mar 25, 2012
  4. Jonathan NiederMar 26, 2012
  5. Ben WaltonMar 26, 2012
  6. Jeff KingMar 26, 2012
  7. Ben WaltonMar 26, 2012
  8. Jeff KingMar 26, 2012
  9. Use SHELL_PATH to fork commands in run_command.c:prepare_shell_cmdBen Walton, Mar 27, 2012
  10. Jeff KingMar 27, 2012
  11. Jeff KingMar 27, 2012
  12. Jonathan NiederMar 27, 2012
  13. Jeff KingMar 27, 2012
  14. Jonathan NiederMar 27, 2012
  15. Johannes SixtMar 27, 2012
  16. Ben WaltonMar 28, 2012
  17. Jeff KingMar 28, 2012
  18. Use SHELL_PATH from build system in run_command.c:prepare_shell_cmdBen Walton, Mar 28, 2012
  19. Junio C HamanoMar 29, 2012
  20. Jonathan NiederMar 29, 2012
  21. Jonathan NiederMar 29, 2012
  22. Ben WaltonMar 28, 2012
  23. Jonathan NiederMar 27, 2012
  24. Jonathan NiederMar 27, 2012
  25. Ben WaltonMar 27, 2012
  26. Jonathan NiederMar 26, 2012
  27. Jeff KingMar 26, 2012
  28. Jeff KingMar 26, 2012
  29. Jonathan NiederMar 30, 2012

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