From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from yow.seanm.ca (toronto-hs-216-138-233-67.s-ip.magma.ca [216.138.233.67]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5C53BB7D68 for ; Sun, 6 Jun 2010 04:00:25 +1000 (EST) Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 14:00:10 -0400 From: Sean MacLennan To: Olaf Hering Subject: Re: [PATCH] [powerpc] do not expect executable permissions for in-tree shell scripts Message-ID: <20100605140010.653d9f6e@opus.seanm.ca> In-Reply-To: <20100605174437.GA16229@aepfle.de> References: <20100605081039.GA21300@aepfle.de> <20100605133210.11f504c3@opus.seanm.ca> <20100605174437.GA16229@aepfle.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, stable@kernel.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 19:44:37 +0200 Olaf Hering wrote: > Maybe. > As it stands right now, mkuboot.sh does not run without bash. > > > And: > Reality check please. > A _development system_ without bash, installed per default on every > sane Linux distro, does most likely not exist. Hmmm, can't argue with that. I wouldn't consider building a kernel on the warp sane ;) And to be honest, I am not sure anyone has tried. We officially support it, but I have never done it and don't plan to try. Cheers, Sean