linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove bashisms from scripts/extract-ikconfig

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Date:	Sat, 9 Jun 2007 21:26:59 +0200
From:	"Julio M. Merino Vidal" <jmerino@...upc.edu>
To:	Christian Kujau <lists@...dbynature.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove bashisms from scripts/extract-ikconfig

On 09/06/2007, at 21:22, Christian Kujau wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I noticed that scripts/extract-ikconfig is using /bin/sh in its  
> shebang but when /bin/sh is not a symlink to bash, it breaks with:
> [...]
> @@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ function dump_config {
>      fi
>      end=`$binoffset $file $IKCFG_ED 2>/dev/null`
>
> -    let start="$start + 8"
> -    let size="$end - $start"
> +    start="`expr $start + 8`"
> +    size="`expr $end - $start`"

Wouldn't this be better expressed as:

     start=$(($start + 8))
     size=$(($end - $start))

to avoid invoking a subshell?

-- 
Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmerino@...upc.edu>

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