Re: [PATCH 1/4] Use $(SHELL_PATH) instead of sh in Makefile.

> On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 10:14 PM brian m. carlson
> <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> wrote:
> > On 2020-08-06 at 01:05:01, lufia via GitGitGadget wrote:
> > > In the not POSIX environment, like Plan 9, sh might not be looked up
> > > in the directories named by the $PATH.
> >
> > I think Git's editor handling assumes that sh is somewhere in the PATH,
> > so it might be fine for us to just ask the user to adjust PATH
> > appropriately before running make.  I don't have a strong preference; if
> > this works on a standard Unix machine, which it looks like it should
> > (although I haven't tested), I'm fine with it.
>
> This does, however, have a bit of a chicken-and-egg feel to it. The
> results of the "uname_FOO" assignments in config.mak.uname are
> consulted later in the file to _assign_ a value to SHELL_PATH on a
> number of platforms. So, making the "uname_FOO" assignments themselves
> depend upon SHELL_PATH is rather circular and confusing.