Sam James <s...@gentoo.org> writes: > Hi! > > The script has #!/bin/sh shebang (and hence must have POSIX shell > compatibility), but the patch introduces uses of the 'local' keyword > which isn't in POSIX. > > While many shells do have the 'local' keyword, its behaviour isn't > portable across those either, which is why it's likely it'll never > be added to POSIX :(
BTW, shellcheck catches this, but unfortunately, checkbashisms does not. > > thanks, > sam