From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:25:35 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] some shell portability fixes Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20071106210210.GA32159@glandium.org> Hi, On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, Mike Hommey wrote: > On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 12:46:35PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > [5/5] Again, have you covered all of them? I am not opposed to > > this one, although I am a bit curious who lacks -a/-o in > > practice. > > Solaris's /bin/sh, but it already doesn't support $() and other stuff > used all over the place in git, so it's not like it's changing anything. > > Maybe some other obscure old crappy shell ? As Junio commented in the part you did not quote, there are better shells in Solaris. Use those. Ciao, Dscho