Re: [PATCH] dtdiff: change to POSIX shell

[Mike Frysinger <vapier-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>]

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On 10 Jan 2018 16:57, David Gibson wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 12:47:56AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > This changes from the bash-specific process substitution feature to
> > reading with pipes.  It relies on /dev/fd or /proc/self/fd existing.
> > 
> > URL: https://crbug.com/756559
> > Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier-F7+t8E8rja9g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
> 
> Yeah, sorry, replacing a dependency on a complex but widely available
> shell with a much more cryptic dependency on a Linux specific feature
> does not seem like a win to me.

bash's <(...) only works when the host supports either /dev/fd or /proc/self/fd,
so i don't think this is less portable.  /dev/fd also isn't Linux-specific.
-mike

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