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

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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:27:26 +0100
From: Nicolas Schier <n.schier@....de>
To: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc: 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 Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 04:05:01PM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> 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.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you.  Yes, we were aware that the
change breaks some usage patterns.  Thanks for pointing that out.

Kind regards,
Nicolas