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Re: [PATCH] Don't use Bash-specific ${parameter/pattern/string} expansion


On Sun, Sep 08, 2013 at 04:18:53PM -0400, Patrick 'P. J.' McDermott wrote:
> sysdeps/unix/make-syscalls.sh and sysdeps/unix/Makefile use GNU Bash's
> ${parameter/pattern/string} parameter expansion.  Non-Bash shells (e.g.
> dash or BusyBox ash when built with CONFIG_ASH_BASH_COMPAT disabled)
> don't support this expansion syntax.  So glibc will fail to build when
> $(SHELL) expands to a path that isn't provided by Bash.
>
Looks ok for me.


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