Re: /bin/sh != /bin/bash

[Brian White <bcwhite@verisim.com>]

> > 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.

Right (which is why I tried to be specific).  In this case, this is possibly
a bug against ash, or at the very least a "feature-request".

                                          Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@verisim.com )

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