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Re: pkg/23636 netpbm:pnmindex uses invalid sh syntax



The following reply was made to PR pkg/23636; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Johnny C. Lam" <jlam%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: ghen%telenet.be@localhost
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/23636 netpbm:pnmindex uses invalid sh syntax
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:51:29 -0400

 Geert Hendrickx wrote:
 > Wouldn't the scripts run with #!/bin/ksh as well?  
 > 
 > Otherwise, there is a csh equivalent of pnmindex in the source
 > distribution.  That should work with /bin/csh.  
 > 
 > I just want to get rid of the dependency on bash! :-)  
 
 It's possible, but untested, whereas the scripts clearly work with bash. 
     It doesn't seem like a big deal to depend on bash here.  If you want 
 to verify that the syntax allows for using pdksh, we can depend on that 
 instead.
 
        Cheers,
 
        -- Johnny Lam <jlam%NetBSD.org@localhost>
 



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