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SubjectRe: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng 2.13-rc1
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On 6 Jul 2007, Mike Frysinger spake thusly:

> On Friday 06 July 2007, Nix wrote:
>> On 5 Jul 2007, Bernhard Walle stated:
>> > While cmake itself isn't the problem,
>> > often, it also depends on the version of cmake that is installed. The
>> > good idea about auto* tools is the idea that you don't need to install
>> > any tools to build, just to develop. A POSIX shell and Perl should be
>> > installed everywhere ...
>>
>> You don't need Perl to run configure scripts, either, and it's only
>> recently that it started requiring a POSIX shell rather than something
>> of the calibre of Solaris's /bin/sh.
>
> since when does autotools require a POSIX shell ?

autoconf 2.55's NEWS said:

,----
| - shell functions
|
| Shell functions will gradually be introduced, probably starting with
| Autotest. If you know machines which are in use that you suspect
| *not* to support shell functions, please run the test suite of
| Autoconf 2.55 on it, and report the results to
| bug-autoconf@gnu.org.
`----

but actually I'm not sure if this was ever done. That's not actually `a
POSIX shell' I suppose, but it's also not going to work on prehistoric
shells like Solaris's 1980-vintage /bin/sh.

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