In regard to: Re: [CVS] RPM: rpm-5_4: rpm/scripts/ vpkg-provides2.sh,...:
Certainly lots of the scripts could use an overhaul. Most shells SHOULD be POSIX compliant: but I will defer to Tim's opinion on portability, there may still be some ancient shells in use somewhere.
I no longer have access to many of the UNIX variants we used to use, but even Solaris 10 had a /bin/sh that was more traditional Bourne than POSIX. And for Pinto's benefit, specifically related to the vpkg-provides script: that script is really targeted at *non*-Linux, so portability to older variants of /bin/sh is important. No one needs vpkg-provides on an RPM-based system, but it might save the day on an AIX or Solaris system where you're trying to bootstrap RPM. Keep in mind that even older versions of the UNIX variants often had a POSIX shell stashed somewhere (like /usr/xpg4/bin/sh on Solaris 8 or 9), but it wasn't the default shell and a lot of newer admins wouldn't know of its existence. Tim -- Tim Mooney tim.moo...@ndsu.edu Enterprise Computing & Infrastructure 701-231-1076 (Voice) Room 242-J6, Quentin Burdick Building 701-231-8541 (Fax) North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5164 ______________________________________________________________________ RPM Package Manager http://rpm5.org Developer Communication List rpm-devel@rpm5.org
