linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] scripts: dev-needs.sh: Enforce bash usage

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Date:   Mon, 14 Nov 2022 10:30:29 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Steffen Kothe' <steffen.kothe@...the.de>,
        Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] scripts: dev-needs.sh: Enforce bash usage

From: Steffen Kothe
> Sent: 12 November 2022 09:41
...
> What about a re-write of the script in POSIX compliant style? This
> should work then in every shell derivate without weird checks.
> 
> This would remove for example function declarations, arrays and so on,
> targeting to the same printable output but with different logic in the
> background.

A quick read:

- remove the word 'function'.
- remove all 'local', ensure names are unique.
- use 'printf '%s' "....." instead of echo -n.

That should be pretty near portable.
Some shells that don't object to the 'local' keyword don't
actually implement local variables!

	David

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