linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] kbuild: resolve symlinks for O= properly

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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:05:01 +0100
From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kbuild: resolve symlinks for O= properly

On 2024-01-22 15:59:37 [+0100], Nicolas Schier wrote:
> Expanding tilde expandos is traditionally a shell feature, as you
> already mentioned; and bash supports also expandos like '~+' and '~-'.
> I think, we should leave the shell things in shells.
> 
> Thus, please update your shell scripts to be compliant to their
> interpreting shell (e.g. use '$HOME' or switch the shell).

I reported that this change silently broke dash users. If you accept
this then you could acknowledge it instead of suggesting workarounds.

> Kind regards,
> Nicolas

Sebastian