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Re: Documenting tools necessary for GCC [draft]
- From: "David O'Brien" <obrien at FreeBSD dot org>
- To: Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 13:36:40 -0700
- Subject: Re: Documenting tools necessary for GCC [draft]
- Organization: The NUXI BSD Group
- References: <200305291727.NAA06347@caip.rutgers.edu> <20030530171122.GA90937@dragon.nuxi.com> <87llwmi8jb.fsf@egil.codesourcery.com>
- Reply-to: obrien at FreeBSD dot org
On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 12:03:36AM -0700, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> writes:
>
> > I'd really like this to state a POSIX compliant shell, and list the exact
> > POSIX spec (and year) that OS's must adhere to.
>
> Not good enough. The POSIX shell and make specifications were not
> written with the aim of making it possible to write portable shell
> scripts or makefiles.
The I would like to have the FreeBSD /bin/sh explicitly stated as a shell
that GCC must bootstrap using. Bash'isms & Linux'isms should be kept out
of the bourne code. I was hoping we could simply say "POSIX shell", but
if that won't do, then I'd like to see some shell implementations
explicitly listed as supported.
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-- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)