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Re: CVS commit: src



On Sat, 28 Feb 2009, Lubomir Sedlacik wrote:
> > Use awk and grep host tools where required.  'build.sh release' now
> > works on Solaris (but only with HOST_CC=/usr/sfw/bin/gcc for now).
>
> Do you really mean OpenSolaris here (with ksh93 as /bin/sh)?  Because
> there are so many constructs in the script that stand no chance
> working in the old Bourne sh on older releases.

We make no attempt to be compatible with pre-POSIX shells.
When building on Solaris, build.sh is likely to choose
HOST_SH=/usr/xpg4/bin/sh.

--apb (Alan Barrett)


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