Luca Barbato <[email protected]> writes:

> On 29/12/11 18:57, Ronald S. Bultje wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> 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.

The matter at hand has nothing to do with POSIX compliance.  It is
simply incorrect use of *any* normal shell on the user's part.  We might
as well add specific instructions to not write --enalbe with --enable is
intended.  Someone might do that and not see what they did wrong.

-- 
Måns Rullgård
[email protected]
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