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Re: [PATCH] Replace perl code with pure shell code

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>>>>> "Nikolai" == Nikolai Weibull <now@bitwi.se> writes:
Nikolai> We do require a POSIX-compliant version of sh already, right?

OK, sorry for raising the flag. I just know that writing portable shell is far trickier than writing portable Perl, so I get overly cautious on anything that wasn't in Unix V7.

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Message 7 of 12 in “Replace perl code with pure shell code”
  1. Replace perl code with pure shell codeSimon 'corecode' Schubert, Jan 29, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2007
  3. Replace perl code with pure shell codeSimon 'corecode' Schubert, Jan 29, 2007
  4. Shawn O. PearceJan 29, 2007
  5. Randal L. SchwartzJan 29, 2007
  6. Nikolai WeibullJan 29, 2007
  7. Randal L. SchwartzJan 29, 2007
  8. Nikolai WeibullJan 29, 2007
  9. Randal L. SchwartzJan 29, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoJan 30, 2007
  11. Jakub NarebskiJan 29, 2007
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