[kde-solaris] GNU Makefiles should only use Bourne Shell Syntax - Not Bash.

Mats Rojestal mats.rojestal at bredband.net
Mon Jan 31 19:16:52 CET 2005



Rolf Sponsel wrote:

> 
> 
> I'm sorry to have to disappoint you here (although I fully can
> understand your logic). The documentation explicitly states:
> 
> "Write the Makefile commands (and any shell scripts,
>  such as configure) to run in sh, not in csh. Don't
>  use any special features of ksh or bash."
> 

If you are trying to convince Linux people to write Bourne shell
compliant scripts i wish you good luck!

--Mats R




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