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SubjectRe: NAK (bashizm in the /bin/sh script): [PATCH v3] doc/oops-tracing: add Code: decode info
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> Having the scripts work with other shells is very helpful for porting,
> cross building and the like.

I think it is fair game to require bash to build the
kernel -- after all, GCC and GNU make are required
already, and bash has many helpful features that not
every POSIX shell has.

> Also on Linux /bin/sh is not neccessarily /bin/bash.

Yes, it would be ridiculous to require /bin/sh to be
bash. Especially since bash is installed as /bin/bash
always :-)


Segher

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