On May 8, 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Sokolov) wrote:
> Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> It is currently believed that every system has at least *some*
>> shell implementation that supports functions [...]
> 4.3BSD doesn't!
Is /bin/sh the only Bourne shell-like shell available on the system?
No /bin/ksh, /bin/sh5 or some other extended shell that supports shell
functions? If that's true, you've just solved one of the
long-standing doubts the new autoconf maintainers have had for quite
some time.
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