linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 04/10] tests: replace perl usage with shell built-in

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Date:   Fri, 22 Jun 2018 12:35:18 -0400
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
Cc:     Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/10] tests: replace perl usage with shell built-in

On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 11:32:12AM +0200, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> 
> We can use this instead
> 
> printf 'x%.0s' {1..256}
>

Using printf is a bashism, so it fails on dash, and I suspect might be
problematic on folks trying to build e2fsprogs on FreeBSD.

Cheers,

					- Ted