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Re: [PATCH] documentation: Makefile accounts for SHELL_PATH setting

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Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>
Date
Mar 23, 2009, 14:12 UTC
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<20090323141238.GA14722@glandium.org>
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On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 10:03:02AM -0400, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 08:57:27AM -0400, Ben Walton wrote:
> 
> > That's a fair point.  I've been lugging this around for a bit in the
> > build tree I use, so I don't recall specifically what was breaking.
> > The sh in question is the one found in solaris 8.  When I get a few
> > mintues, I'll build without the patch to see what the problem was...
> 
> I wouldn't worry about it. The /bin/sh on Solaris 8 is pretty hopelessly
> broken for our use. At the very least it doesn't understand $()
> subsititution.
Neither does it on solaris 10. Fortunately, there is /usr/xpg4/bin/sh.
Mike
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Message 5 of 10 in “documentation: Makefile accounts for SHELL_PATH setting”
  1. documentation: Makefile accounts for SHELL_PATH settingBen Walton, Mar 22, 2009
  2. Jeff KingMar 23, 2009
  3. Ben WaltonMar 23, 2009
  4. Jeff KingMar 23, 2009
  5. Mike HommeyMar 23, 2009
  6. Nanako ShiraishiApr 10, 2009
  7. Junio C HamanoApr 11, 2009
  8. Ben WaltonApr 12, 2009
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 12, 2009
  10. Ben WaltonApr 13, 2009

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