Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 3 Jan 2009 03:22:42 +0000 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: PATCH [0/3]: Simplify the kernel build by removing perl. |
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Theodore Tso wrote: > perl is actually quite portable.
Portability aside, Perl has another fun issue. The number of times I've had a Perl script break when copied to a newer system which had a newer version of Perl is... noticable.
> I'd also suggest explicitly add a reminder to the shell scripts' > comments to avoid bashisms for maximum portability, to remind > developers in the future who might try to change the shell scripts > to watch out for portability issues.
You can force Bash into POSIX mode if that's helpful.
-- Jamie
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