Re: Question about build-aux/bootstrap regarding $(...)

2017-05-16 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
> On May 16, 2017, at 8:12 AM, Eric Blake wrote: > >> On 05/16/2017 12:47 AM, Akash Rawal wrote: >> Hello everyone Hi, >> I observed that build-aux/bootstrap uses $(command) for command >> substitution which is known to be less portable than `command`.[1] > > It's less portable only if you st

Re: Question about build-aux/bootstrap regarding $(...)

2017-05-16 Thread Eric Blake
On 05/16/2017 12:47 AM, Akash Rawal wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I observed that build-aux/bootstrap uses $(command) for command > substitution which is known to be less portable than `command`.[1] It's less portable only if you still intend to develop on any system with /bin/sh as a non-POSIX sh

Question about build-aux/bootstrap regarding $(...)

2017-05-16 Thread Akash Rawal
Hello everyone, I observed that build-aux/bootstrap uses $(command) for command substitution which is known to be less portable than `command`.[1] Is it on purpose? Thanks in advance. Regards, Akash Rawal. [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.63/html_node/Shell-Substi