> > > Fedora is based on GNU tools versus strict POSIX compliant ones. As > > > such, packagers can expect that /bin/sh is /bin/bash, /bin/awk is > > > /bin/gawk, /bin/cc is /bin/gcc ad naseum. This means that unless > > > specified elsewhere that a 'bashism', 'gawkism', 'gcc-ism' is not to > > > be used, packagers may rely on tools to act as the upstream GNU tools > > > in their spec files.
> So please write the spec you want to see. Good point! Here is a variation on your proposal: > Fedora is based on GNU tools versus strict POSIX compliant ones. As > such, package maintainers can expect RPM build steps and scriptlets > to be run with bash and that core programs come with GNU extensions. > This means that unless specified elsewhere that a 'bashism', 'gawkism', > 'gcc-ism' or other GNUism is not to be used, they may rely on tools to > act as the upstream GNU tools in their spec files. > > When shipping scripts from upstream, care should be taken to check > whether they rely on such GNUisms and report portability bugs upstream. Funny enough, people often tell me not to use $(...) and switch to `...` because the former "is" a bashism (spoiler alert, it isn't) and as a result the only thing reported to me in this regard is always a false positive :( Dridi _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
