Re: please fix your RC bugs
On 31-Jul-05, 19:53 (CDT), Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@lina.inka.de> wrote:
> Well, currently Solaris is doing bit advertisemet that they did not (never?)
> break compatibility.
Which leads to wonderful things like /bin/sh *still* not being POSIX,
or even ksh[1]...compatibility is nice, but it's not the ultimate goal of
computing.
Steve
[1] Useful fragment for cross platform shell scripts:
#!/bin/sh
# Do the Solaris Dance:
if [ ! -d ~root ] ; then
exec /usr/xpg4/bin/sh $0 "$@"
fi
--
Steve Greenland
The irony is that Bill Gates claims to be making a stable operating
system and Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the
world. -- seen on the net
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