[ On Friday, November 5, 1999 at 16:33:24 (-0500), Andrew Brown wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: CVS commit: basesrc
>
> >} Log Message:
> >} (Ab?)use some sh(1) features:
> >} * Use `export FOO=bar' syntax, as it's shorter and other sh(1)-like shells
> >}   all support it these days.
> >
> >     A Solaris 2.5 system:
> >
> >vtn1% /bin/sh
> >$ export LESS=CMQei
> >LESS=CMQei: is not an identifier
> 
> well...i think we can all agree that solaris is braindead in many ways.

Indeed no true Bourne-based shell will support "export FOO=bar".  That's
a Ksh-ism that POSIX picked up....  I'm sure there are many more of them
out there than just Solaris.

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