Paul Eggert wrote:
> > This syntax is not portable in practice, as discussed in the Autoconf
> > manual[1].
>
> This shouldn't be a issue in configure scripts, since they should
> arrange to use a good shell.
I confirm: A gnulib testdir created through
./gnulib-tool --create-testdir --dir=../testdir \
--without-tests --conditional-dependencies
--avoid=libtextstyle-optional
builds fine on Solaris 10, because 'configure' did find a better shell
than /bin/sh (namely, bash) and used that.
So, remember: Shell scripts that use /bin/sh need to make more workarounds
than shell scripts that are able to respawn with a better shell.
Bruno
