On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 09:52:30PM +0200, Eric Botcazou wrote: > > Not being able to build in the source directory is a bug. > > Having to set CONFIG_SHELL is a bug. > > Having to install a newer cctools is a bug. > > > > Bugs should be fixed. Papering over them with documentation is, well, > > unappealing to me. > > How can you fix bugs in Solaris' /bin/sh?
You don't. You detect that there is a buggy /bin/sh and go looking for a non-buggy ksh, which you will generally find. Then you use that. All without disturbing the user.