Re: /bin/sh != /bin/bash
On Sat, 26 Jul 1997, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > > If a script calls /bin/sh and needs feature unique to bash (or rather,
> > > not in the POSIX sh), then this is a bug and should be reported as such.
> >
> > However, most of the features of bash that ash users complain about (eg
> > $(...) instead of `...`) are in posix sh.
>
> Indeed, and it works with the newer versions (0.3*) of ash as well.
Great. If ash adds the remaining features needed for POSIX compliance,
then I should think most of the "this doesn't work on ash so shouldn't be
/bin/sh" bug reports will go away: infact we might then get people saying
"this does work on ash etc so it should be /bin/sh" :)
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