Messages in this thread | | | From | Segher Boessenkool <> | Subject | Re: NAK (bashizm in the /bin/sh script): [PATCH v3] doc/oops-tracing: add Code: decode info | Date | Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:35:55 +0200 |
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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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