linux-kernel - Re: NAK (bashizm in the /bin/sh script): [PATCH v3] doc/oops-tracing: add Code: decode info

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Message-ID: <20070623134710.GA31169@atjola.homenet>
Date:	Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:47:10 +0200
From:	Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@....de>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm@...en.pl>,
	Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: NAK (bashizm in the /bin/sh script): [PATCH v3] doc/oops-tracing: add Code: decode info

On 2007.06.23 15:17:27 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Saturday 23 June 2007 13:09, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote:
> > On Saturday 23 of June 2007, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > Here's a nickel. Get yourself a real shell.
> >
> > POSIX compilant shell isn't real shell?
> 
> In this case it's not good enough. We're not writing POSIX portable software 
> here, but Linux software where /bin/sh is /bin/bash. Similar to the Linux 
> kernel which is not written in portable ISO C.

At least LSB 3.1 doesn't require /bin/sh to be /bin/bash. And if you
want bash, what's the problem with just writing #!/bin/bash instead of
#!/bin/sh?


Björn
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