On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 04:32:36PM +0000, Angus Leeming wrote:
> ksh: ${FOO${BAR}}: bad substitution
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:aleem-> sh
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:aleem-> BAR=bar
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:aleem-> FOObar=woooo
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:aleem-> echo ${FOO${BAR}}
> bad substitution
>
> Sorry. You're out of look. Not portable to Tru64 unix.
Is it possible to install bash on all systems we support?
If so, wouldn't it be simpler to require a working 'bash'
and drop all these 'portability hacks'?
After all, we require (fairly) Standard C++, too, and do not care
for each and every broken C++ compiler out there.
Andre'
