From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 30 Aug 2001 01:24:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 30 Aug 2001 01:23:57 -0400 Received: from c1313109-a.potlnd1.or.home.com ([65.0.121.190]:57352 "HELO kroah.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 30 Aug 2001 01:23:44 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 22:22:06 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Aaron Lehmann Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Diet /sbin/hotplug package released Message-ID: <20010829222206.B14791@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20010829120440.B12825@kroah.com> <20010829221246.B30945@vitelus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010829221246.B30945@vitelus.com>; from aaronl@vitelus.com on Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 10:12:46PM -0700 X-Operating-System: Linux 2.2.19 (i586) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 10:12:46PM -0700, Aaron Lehmann wrote: > On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 12:04:40PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > is 59221 bytes. The current linux-hotplug system needs this file, > > plus all of the linux-hotplug scripts and bash and awk to work. > > Hrm, why does it use bash-specific shell features? That's very bad. > POSIX would be a much cleaner spec to conform to. I don't know if it uses bash-specific features, I haven't tried it on any other shell (and am not the main author of the shell scripts). Why would POSIX "cleanness" matter for these scripts? thanks, greg k-h