On 2012-04-25, at 1:48 AM, Oliver Kiddle wrote: > The stuff in /usr/xpg4/bin would be POSIX compliant but frankly, it is > easier to adjust scripts to work with Solaris' /bin/sh (as David has now > done) than to have it dig around trying to find the POSIX stuff.
It's more than just sh, though. The grep, sed, and awk in /bin are all very broken compared to modern (post 1985) variants. The xpg4 test is pretty simple – if /usr/xpg4/bin exists, put it in front of $PATH and forget about writing Solaris workarounds. This is how I've been dealing with Solaris for well over a decade, and it Just Works. --lyndon _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list Nmh-workers@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
