From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1985 invoked by alias); 24 Jul 2008 15:14:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 1977 invoked by uid 22791); 24 Jul 2008 15:14:54 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.31) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:14:28 +0000 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m6OFEQZX012763 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:14:26 -0400 Received: from pobox.fab.redhat.com (pobox.fab.redhat.com [10.33.63.12]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m6OFEPPb025218; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:14:25 -0400 Received: from [10.32.4.130] (vpn-4-130.str.redhat.com [10.32.4.130]) by pobox.fab.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m6OFEJWc030516; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:14:20 -0400 Message-ID: <48889C4C.2050605@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:14:00 -0000 From: Nick Clifton User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Frank Ch. Eigler" CC: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, brolley@redhat.com, bje@gnu.org, cgen@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: RFA: Fix the shell used to execute mloop.in References: <20080724101338.GA21676@redhat.com> <48885757.7030402@redhat.com> <20080724144215.GB3811@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20080724144215.GB3811@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cgen-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cgen-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-q3/txt/msg00005.txt.bz2 Hi Frank, >>> Is there some reason you can't just hard-code SHELL=/bin/sh in >>> genmloop.sh? >> Because /bin/sh is not the appropriate shell to use on some systems. (I >> know for example than on some Solaris machines using /bin/zsh is better). > > If the associated shell script not compatible with the unix standard > /bin/sh, perhaps that needs to be fixed. Oh no, the script is compatible with /bin/sh. It is just that (if I remember correctly) on some earlier versions of Solaris /bin/sh is broken and you need to use /bin/zsh instead. Cheers Nick