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Re: [PATCH] Replace misleading message during interactive rebasing

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Nov 27, 2007, 09:52 UTC
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<20071127095230.GA4337@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 10:49:03AM +0100, Jakub Narebski wrote:
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> > However, I'm sure you will be shocked to learn that /bin/sh on Solaris
> > doesn't understand it:
> > 
> > $ export foo=bar
> > foo=bar: is not an identifier
> 
> If I remember correctly /bin/sh on Solaris cannot be used because
> of other issues (like $(...) and such).

Yes, my response was not "we can't use this" (because clearly we have been for some time) but rather "look how crappy the Solaris shell is. Maybe you were thinking of it?"

IOW, the construct is fine to the best of my knowledge.
-Peff
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  1. Replace misleading message during interactive rebasingWincent Colaiuta, Nov 26, 2007
  2. Johannes SixtNov 27, 2007
  3. Wincent ColaiutaNov 27, 2007
  4. Jeff KingNov 27, 2007
  5. Jakub NarebskiNov 27, 2007
  6. Jeff KingNov 27, 2007
  7. Jeff KingNov 27, 2007
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2007
  9. Wincent ColaiutaNov 28, 2007
  10. Johannes SchindelinNov 28, 2007
  11. Johannes SixtNov 28, 2007

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