Yes some data on the problems encountered would be of benefit. If there are assumptions beyond POSIX then we need to fix them. If this is the VSC-lite test suite, then there is an alternate shell binding that can be installed for initial development and offered during the installation stafe, the xpg3sh binding - try that as a workaround for now. regards Andrew
On Sep 27, 1:54pm in "Re: Debian, POSIX-co", Matt Taggart wrote: > > Arnold Hayden writes... > > > Unfortunately, our test suite doesn't build with ash used as /bin/sh. > > Changing the symlink for /bin/sh to bash fixes the build problem, > > Sounds like maybe bashisms(or other non-POSIX things) in the test suite(which > is surprising given it's history). Maybe you could post the specific problems? > > Next time I run the test suite I'll try it too, and report what I find.
