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: <467D8AC9.8060001@oracle.com>
Date:	Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:04:09 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: NAK (bashizm in the /bin/sh script): [PATCH v3]	doc/oops-tracing:
 add Code: decode info

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 10:56:45AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:43:03 -0700 Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> NAK.
>>> Sorry I slept thru another wonderful festival on LKML.
>> That's probably the best strategy.
>>
>>> You don't have the authority to NAK the patch.
>> Yeah.  nak to naks.
>>
>>> OTOH, you also didn't supply a patch.  If you do this, I'll be
>>> glad to consider it.  If I can read it, that is.
>> Yes, I plan on merging that patch as-is.  If it was a compulsory part of
>> kbuild then that would be a problem but as some optional tool I don't think
>> that a bashism matters much.  Someone can fix it sometime should they feel
>> so motivated.
> 
> Oleg didn't express it very polite, but he has a valid point that bash 
> scripts should start with "#!/bin/bash" since /bin/sh might be some 
> shell other than bash.
> 
> Randy, am I right to assume that such a change to your patch would be OK?

Sure.

-- 
~Randy
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