Hi,

On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Luca Barbato <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 29/12/11 18:57, Ronald S. Bultje wrote:
>> 2011/11/21 Måns Rullgård<[email protected]>:
>>>
>>> Luca Barbato<[email protected]>  writes:
>>>
>>>> On 21/11/11 15:09, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't think this is the right place for a basic tutorial on shell
>>>>> syntax.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think it might be a shell specific glitch, dash is quite known for
>>>> those...
>>>
>>>
>>> We are also not the bug tracker for dash.
>>
>>
>> fate.txt isn't the right place, but I think this fits in the FAQ quite
>> well. It's not the first time this comes up.
>
>
> Something like
>
> Q: I'm using a non fully POSIX compliant shell (dash, solaris sh, ...) and
> it does not work properly with FATE or configure.
>
> A: We are using a number of standard and widespread POSIX features, sadly
> certain shells do not completely support them and do not behave properly,
> please use {bash? bb?} instead.

No, it causes issues in buggy OS shells also (Mac bash).

Ronald
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