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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Remove bashisms from scripts/extract-ikconfig
On Sat, 9 Jun 2007, Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote:
> Wouldn't this be better expressed as:
>
> start=$(($start + 8))
> size=$(($end - $start))
>
> to avoid invoking a subshell?

This is certainly possible for lots for scripts, but was not the "scope"
of this patch. ` is not bash-specific and does not break anything.

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