Hi all:
I find it hard to write POSIX-compliant shell scripts. The lack of the
'pipefail' flag is specially problematic. I have described this issue here:
http://rdiez.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Error_Handling_in_General_and_C%2B%2B_Exceptions_in_Particular#Set_the_pipefail_flag
Therefore, I write most of my shell scripts exclusively for Bash. I also
find some bashisms very convenient. I only test my scripts against Bash
anyway, as I haven't got the time nor the inclination for more extensive
testing. I never had a big problem in this respect, as the Bash shell is
everywhere.
I find configure.ac scripts even harder to write than normal Bash
scripts. Furthermore, ShellCheck cannot analyse them. Therefore, I want
to limit my Autoconf 'configure' scripts to Bash.
I realise that this decision goes against Autoconf's portability
principle. But even as a humble user, I am entitled to some freedom of
choice. 8-)
I could write some code in configure.ac to detect the current shell. But
is there any way to tell Autoconf to output a Bash shebang in the
generated 'configure' script, instead of the standard "#! /bin/sh".
I read about variable CONFIG_SHELL, but that looks like it's meant for
the user. Or can I set that variable inside configure.ac?
Please copy me on all the answers, as I am not subscribed to this
mailing list.
Thanks in advance,
rdiez
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