Re: [gentoo-dev] Network configuration and bash

[Ned Ludd]

On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 19:42 -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Tuesday 06 February 2007, Kevin F. Quinn wrote:
> > You need to define what shell (or subset) you want to parse it.  'sh'
> > itself varies from platform to platform.
>
> our standard has always ("always" is relative here; let's say "current") been
> the bash superset of POSIX ... if a request comes up where someone wants to
> change code because it breaks in their shell but the code in question is
> POSIX compliant, the answer is simple: blow me
>
> if the request is reasonable like stop using some bashism in favor of the
> POSIX form and the change isnt invasive, then sure we'll generally make the
> change

/me likes the direction Roy is heading with this.

> -mike
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Ned Ludd <solar@g.o>
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