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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

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