On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 12:35:04PM +0100, Roman Zippel wrote:
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> > > +$(error bash is required to build the kernel)
> > > +endif
> > > +SHELL := $(CONFIG_SHELL)
> >
> > here is policy to have `bash' introduced, so due to original
> > issue, where `root' users ended with removed /dev/null, may po
Hi,
On Fri, 9 Feb 2007, Oleg Verych wrote:
> > - else if [ -x /bin/bash ]; then echo /bin/bash; \
> > - else echo sh; fi ; fi)
> > + else if [ -x /bin/bash ]; then echo /bin/bash; fi; fi)
> > +ifeq ($(CONFIG_SHELL),)
> > +$(error bash is required to build the kernel)
> > +endif
> > +S
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 10:48:51PM +0100, Roman Zippel wrote:
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> - printf has other side effects, instead stop pretending we support
> something else than bash
More on printf, `sh', tmpfiles.
As we know original problem is: something from binutils is removing
output files on failure.
> -
On Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:20:49 +0100, Roman Zippel said:
> > The point is, neither $BASH nor /bin/bash may be set.
>
> Is that really a problem? I think any system that has bash without
> /bin/bash is simply broken.
If you're trying to bootstrap a Linux box onto a new platform from some
non-Linux
Hi,
On Fri, 9 Feb 2007, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Roman Zippel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > - printf has other side effects, instead stop pretending we support
> > something else than bash
>
> printf is a much better echo, but you need to use it properly as well.
> Either use %s to print
Roman Zippel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> - printf has other side effects, instead stop pretending we support
> something else than bash
printf is a much better echo, but you need to use it properly as well.
Either use %s to print a literal string or %b to let it interpret escape
sequences.
Hi,
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, Roman Zippel wrote:
>
> > I don't quite understand, the Makefile doesn't care anymore about /bin/sh
> > with this patch, the Makefile checks only for $BASH and /bin/bash
>
> Exactly.
>
> The point is, neither $BASH nor /bin
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, Roman Zippel wrote:
> I don't quite understand, the Makefile doesn't care anymore about /bin/sh
> with this patch, the Makefile checks only for $BASH and /bin/bash
Exactly.
The point is, neither $BASH nor /bin/bash may be set.
If you run make while running tcsh, "BASH"
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 10:48:51PM +0100, Roman Zippel wrote:
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> - printf has other side effects, instead stop pretending we support
> something else than bash
Yes. With `%' in option strings there will be side effects.
I would suggest to use
printf %s "$(1)"
with "paranoia mode on", an
Hi,
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Historically, people used to do:
> - /bin/sh was the "standard shell" (bash)
> - /bin/[t]csh is what clueless weenies use for interactive work.
>
> (Yeah, I'm not a [t]csh fan ;)
>
> And you did break that.
>
> It's quite possible that all mode
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, Roman Zippel wrote:
>
> Sorry for the delay, but the git server were gone.
>
> - the define command is inappropriate (it's primarily for rule
> definitions)
Looks fine. Especially considering the strange whitespace issues.
> - execute commands in the current dir as all
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 10:48:51PM +0100, Roman Zippel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This adds the remaining changes which should have been part of the review
> process. Oleg could have learned something in process, but who needs that
> if wasting everyones time is so much more fun...
>
> Sorry for the dela
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