From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:52:30 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Replace misleading message during interactive rebasing
Message-ID: <20071127095230.GA4337@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <figp6f$onj$1@ger.gmane.org>

On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 10:49:03AM +0100, Jakub Narebski wrote:

> > 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