Re: [PATCH] Fix buglet in code searching for a good shell (tests/init.sh).

[Jim Meyering]

Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 06/11/2010 01:49 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Here's a patch that does that at the expense of using
>> shell functions*before*  guaranteeing we have a decent shell.
>> I think that is ok, these days.
>
> Yes, it is.  There may be bugs in the implementation of shell
> functions, but IMO assuming the shell functions are parsed okay is
> pretty basic. And Exit is trivial enough to assume it also works.

Hi Paolo,

Thanks for confirmation.  My "I think" was based on
autoconf's shellology/functions section, so we should be safe.
I also confirmed that Solaris 10's /bin/sh handles it.

Jim
P.S., your mail client is still munging quoted text.