Tom
At 23:29 06.07.2004, Tom Eastep wrote:
Erich Titl wrote:...
Some time ago I tried to use busybox ash instead of the installed one on Bering 1.2+. My goal was to get more space for possibly a more recent gclibc library and more modern package versions. I quickly found out that the ash syntax used in, for example, the backup routines did not work.
I guess in order to be able to use different shells we should stick to an extreme low level of the possible tricks in the scripting _dialect_ so porting issues will pop up less frequently. This may sound like heresy in the ears of shell afficionados but will enhance the chance to use different interpreters.
So which constructs do you propose that we do away with?
I believe I cannot put my fingers on one simple statement, definitely the bracket test ( if [ -x /tmp/foo ] ) syntax clashes with busybox ash, at least with the version I tested. This syntax is elegant and widely used though, so you can imagine the impact such a thing would have.
Maybe someone else has more experience with other issues in the busybox shell?
cheers Erich
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