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

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Message-Id: <3740BDAB-1BA9-4744-ABB0-8812CF241402@ac.upc.edu>
Date:	Sat, 9 Jun 2007 21:39:19 +0200
From:	"Julio M. Merino Vidal" <jmerino@...upc.edu>
To:	Christian Kujau <christian@...ouse.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove bashisms from scripts/extract-ikconfig

On 09/06/2007, at 21:34, Christian Kujau wrote:

> On Sat, 9 Jun 2007, Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote:
>> Wouldn't this be better expressed as:
>>
>>   start=$(($start + 8))
>>   size=$(($end - $start))
>>
>> to avoid invoking a subshell?
>
> This is certainly possible for lots for scripts, but was not the  
> "scope" of this patch. ` is not bash-specific and does not break  
> anything.

$((...)) is not bash-specific either.

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

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