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Re: bootstrap can trigger bug in /bin/sh of OpenSolaris



On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:16:51PM +0100, J?rn Clausen wrote:
> - Remove the path check in bootstrap. Or at least soften it. It
> rejects a lot of paths someone might have a good reason to use. I
> think the check for an absolute path is totally sufficient.

One major reason for the check is to prevent e.g. PREFIX with spaces and
other fancy characters. Which is not that unlikely as it seems.

Joerg


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