Re: RFA: Fix the shell used to execute mloop.in

[Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>]

Hi Frank,

> > Oh no, the script is compatible with /bin/sh.  It is just that (if I
> > remember correctly) on some earlier versions of Solaris /bin/sh is
> > broken and you need to use /bin/zsh instead.

I was mistaken - I should have said /bin/ksh not /bin/zsh.

> It would be helpful if you could find some information on this; if
> it's only a rumour, or if it only applies to a fifteen-year-old
> operating system, maybe it's not worth worrying about it.

There are some limitations of various shells mentioned here:

http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/autoconf/Limitations-of-Builtins.html

Essentially though I think that the correct thing to do is to allow the 
user the choice of which shell they are going to use to execute scripts, 
precisely because of the possibility of bugs in the "standard" shell 
they might exist on their host machine.

Cheers
  Nick