On 03/08/2013 02:04 PM, Mats Erik Andersson wrote: > Hello there, > > the bootstrap script contains a hardcoded call to 'sh', > which renders the self-bootstraping unusable on FreeBSD > and DragonFlyBSD. The reason is that the default Bourne > shell on these systems handles the crucial invocation > > $ /bin/sh -c 'echo "$1 --> $2"' -- old new > new --> > > by removing the placeholder '--' despite the switch '-c'. > This is a different behaviour from all other '/bin/sh' > tested by me, including GNU/Linux, other BSDm and multiple > shells on OpenSolaris.
Could we not just s/--/IGNORED/ thanks, Pádraig.
