Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libedit

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <20100419075526.GA1061%apb-laptoy.apb.alt.za@localhost>,
Alan Barrett  <apb%cequrux.com@localhost> wrote:
>On Sun, 18 Apr 2010, Christos Zoulas wrote:
>> Modified Files:
>>      src/lib/libedit: makelist
>> 
>> Log Message:
>> shame on solaris that is the last OS not supporting $()
>
>build.sh tries to set HOST_SH=/usr/xpg4/bin/sh on Solaris, and that
>shell does support $(...).  Also, we make free use of $(...) elsewhere
>in the NetBSD build process, so I don't see why libedit/makelist should
>be an exception.

It is for the portable libedit distribution that does not use build.sh,
but autoconf.

christos