From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 18:14:49 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh: quiet down commit
Message-ID: <20061228181448.GA17775@localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <7vfyb0wexo.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> writes:
> 
> > Also, fixed an unportable use of 'export'.
> 
> As a traditionalist, I tend to prefer "var=val; export var" over
> "export var=val" myself, but I wonder how unportable this is
> these days.
> 
> Just wondering, no objection.
> 
> Do you have a specific shell in mind that groks other constructs
> used in our tests but not "export var=val" form?

I can't remember, and I can't seem to find one, either.  Even posh
(latest debian unstable) and ash (from woody) seem to support it...

On a related note, how portable is mkdir -p these days?  I remember
seeing systems that don't have it, too.

-- 
Eric Wong