On 05/05/15 12:45, Dagobert Michelsen wrote:
Hi Darshit,
Am 05.05.2015 um 12:23 schrieb Darshit Shah<[email protected]>:
So, is the issue because some platforms are shipping a non-compatible
version of sh, or is the script incorrectly using bash while only
claiming to use sh?
The problem is the evaluation with $( ):
bootstrap: syntax error at line 88: `me_=$’ unexpected
The Solaris Bourne Shell is really one of the „very oldest“ non-POSIX-compatible
Bourne shells:
http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/082
Last time I talked with Jim Meyering about the problem (unfortunately off-list)
he said that if you bootstrap stuff you are a developer which is expected to
have
bash at hand. Here, bash is considered similar to autotools which you also need
only to bootstrap.
Best regards
I don't think that we should spend any effort attempting to support
non-POSIX shells
(Solaris sh seems the only midly common under that category).
That said, it would be nice to have a nicer error message.
