Re: Shell script cleanups/style changes?

From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Date: Aug 2, 2007, 23:17 UTC
Message-ID: <85ps25y1ac.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>
In-Reply-To: <7vwswdsfjp.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> However, there is a line we need to draw when bending bacwards for
> compatibility, and I think a system that does not have a working
> command substitution $( ... )  is on the other side of that line.

Not an issue. But apparently, ${parameter#word} is for Solaris. I'd still like to get confirmation that it is indeed /bin/sh, but if it is, the current code is not good for Solaris.

So the line of compatibility is much more interesting for this one.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

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