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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 18:57:17 +0100
From: Thiemo Seufer <ths@networkno.de>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Patch to make configure /bin/sh compatible
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To: Ben Taylor <sol10x86@cox.net>
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Ben Taylor wrote:
> Thiemo Seufer <ths@networkno.de>
> > 
> > Ben Taylor wrote:
> > > This is a patch to make configure truly /bin/sh compatible,
> > > as well as changing some logic to remove "echo -n" for
> > > output to files, as "echo -n" is not consistent among
> > > environments.
> > > 
> > > This is against the latest cvs branch, and I appreciate
> > > any feedback.
> > 
> > [snip]
> > > @@ -294,7 +295,7 @@
> > >          target_list="i386-user arm-user armeb-user sparc-user ppc-user mips-user mipsel-user $target_list"
> > >      fi
> > >  else
> > > -    target_list=$(echo "$target_list" | sed -e 's/,/ /g')
> > > +    target_list=`echo "$target_list" | sed -e 's/,/ /g'`
> > 
> > A standard-conforming /bin/sh should be capable of handling this.
> 
> do you mean a shell that looks like /bin/sh but is really
> more like ksh or bash.  Solaris /bin/sh did not like
> that construct.

I meant
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xcu/chap2.html#tag_001_006_003
which IIRC looks that way since POSIX times.

Apparently Solaris isn't conformant WRT.


Thiemo