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Re: [PATCH] configure: replace bashisms with POSIX shell
- From: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- To: elfutils-devel at lists dot fedorahosted dot org
- Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:38:28 -0700
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] configure: replace bashisms with POSIX shell
> i don't understand why it isn't just merged ? this isn't something that is
> really all that complicated, in many cases the "portable" is pretty much the
> same, and most distros are going to be applying this anyways ...
>
> for example the math change:
> -[eu_version=$[($eu_version + 999) / 1000]]
> +eu_version=$(( (eu_version + 999) / 1000 ))
> same # of forks, and same number of paren/brackets ...
In this particular case, it's not really a problem. As for everything else
that's in the portable branch, it's just not going to happen and it doesn't
matter whether you or I think that makes sense.
Thanks,
Roland