Re: rfc: new libgcc build mechanism

[Ian Lance Taylor]

   From: Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
   Date: 09 May 2000 11:37:29 +0200

   Jeffrey> You can't depend on ksh or sh5 being available on 4.3BSD
   Jeffrey> boxes and the 4.3BSD shell certainly does not support shell
   Jeffrey> functions.

   Why can't we expect sh5 being available?

Because sh5, as indicated by its name, is the System V shell.  It will
not be found on a pure BSD system.  Similarly, ksh, the Korn shell, is
a Bell Labs invention made well after the BSD split.

Systems like Ultrix have sh5 because, although they are BSD based,
they want to provide some System V compatibility.  Pure BSD does not
have (or want) System V compatibility.

Ian