gccbug.in bug: Solaris sh doesn't support "set -C"

[Phil Edwards]

On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 10:22:52AM -0700, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
> 
> The /bin/sh shell in Solaris2.7 does not support "set -C" that is used
> in gccbug.in, it gives an error and exits the script.
> 
> The /usr/xpg4/bin/sh shell supports it though...

    http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-bugs/2000-11/msg00306.html

Maybe we need that little fragment of shell script which searches the PATH
for a Bourne shell that doesn't suck, and if found, re-execs the script
using the new shell.

Phil

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