* On 15 Dec 2012, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 06:10:21PM -0600, David Champion wrote:
> > [...] note that the ${a#b} and ${a%b} family of parameter expressions
> > is nonportable. These are commonly accepted bashisms [...]
> >
> wrong.
> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html
> section 2.6.2
>
> or to quote
> http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.67/html_node/Shell-Substitutions.html#Shell-Substitutions
> "Posix requires support for these usages, but they do not work with many
> traditional shells, e.g., Solaris 10 /bin/sh."
>
> iow, throwing around "bashism" is just FUD.
> if mutts wants to keep supporting utterly retarded systems from the last
> millenium that's fine with me, but get your facts straight.
Facts now straightened. We do support "utterly retarded" systems. Have
a better day tomorrow.
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David Champion • d...@bikeshed.us
