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Re: Patch to gcc_release
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk>
- To: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>
- Cc: <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 02:37:27 +0000 (GMT)
- Subject: Re: Patch to gcc_release
On 25 Nov 2001, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> > - PATH=~:$PATH;;
> > + PATH=~:/usr/local/bin:$PATH;;
>
> I strongly suggest changing `~' to `$HOME'. Bourne shell knows
> nothing about `~', even though bash expands it to $HOME.
What then are your plans to install a non-POSIX sh on gcc.gnu.org (the
only place this part of the code gets used)? What shell exactly do you
have in mind that supports shell functions but not ~?
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Joseph S. Myers
jsm28@cam.ac.uk