Re: [PATCH 1/1] sanity.bbclass: check /bin/sh is dash or bash

[Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@windriver.com>]

On 06/26/2015 09:10 PM, Burton, Ross wrote:
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> On 26 June 2015 at 07:23, Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@windriver.com
> <mailto:liezhi.yang@windriver.com>> wrote:
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>     The build would fail when /bin/sh links to ksh or csh, we only test dash
>     and bash AFAIK.
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> csh definitely isn't a suitable candidate for /bin/sh, and I doubt ksh is too.
> Are people really doing this? They're just wrong...  I seriously doubt Linux
> would boot with /bin/sh->csh and ksh would be asking for trouble.

Hi Ross,

Yes, Ubuntu would not boot well when /bin/sh -> ksh or csh, I just took
them as an example, I think that we only test on bash or dash, so I
think that this checking can reduce the potential errors, and I think
that we also need check SHELL, I will test and send another patch.

// Robert

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> Was this a real world problem, or a hypothetical problem?
>
> Ross