linux-kernel - Re: Why use /bin/sh in kernel build system?

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Date:	Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:42:33 -0700
From:	"SL Baur" <steve@...acs.org>
To:	"Willy Tarreau" <w@....eu>
Cc:	"Alexey Dobriyan" <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	"Mark Rustad" <mrustad@...il.com>,
	"Sam Ravnborg" <sam@...nborg.org>,
	"Timur Tabi" <timur@...escale.com>,
	"Roland Kuhn" <rkuhn@....physik.tu-muenchen.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Why use /bin/sh in kernel build system?

On 4/29/08, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu> wrote:
>  > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 03:27:02PM -0500, Mark Rustad wrote:

>  > > Life is too short to keep having to fight silliness like this and I
>  > > can't see a valid reason why a system building a Linux kernel, or for that
>  > > matter gcc, should not have the bash shell installed on it.

> Hint: not every joe user may install bash into /bin... That's why we
>  see some scripts begin with "/usr/bin/env bash" as there are less
>  systems without env in /usr/bin than systems without bash in /bin (or
>  at all).

/bin/sh standard behaviour is defined.  We follow standards not written or
dictated by us.  I'm proud of that.

-sb
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