Re: Bash vs. sh

[Jim Meyering]

Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:

> According to Jim Meyering on 4/22/2008 7:23 AM:
> |> Is it worth writing bootstrap.m4sh, and running it through autom4te to get
> |> the shell selection code from autoconf with minimal effort on your part?
> |> You'd still probably want to check in the generated bootstrap script,
> though.
> |
> | That's tempting -- and maybe better in a way -- but not enough
> | to outweigh the penalty of checking in the generated code.
>
> But since an installed autoconf is a prerequisite to running bootstrap,
> maybe you could document:
>
> $ git clone ...
> $ cd coreutils
> $ autom4te --language=m4sh bootstrap.m4sh -o bootstrap
> $ ./bootstrap
> $ ./configure
> $ make
>
> as the preferred method for getting started, avoiding the need to check in
> bootstrap?  Or even have a two-level bootstrap: ./bootstrap is a simple
> checked-in wrapper which portably calls autom4te on bootstrap_inner.m4sh
> then runs bootstrap_inner with the expectation of a better shell?

Actually, I like that.
Are you interested in writing the patch?

> Oh well, I can dream :)

Thanks for persevering.