On Wed 27 Aug 2014 15:24:45 Salz, Rich via RT wrote: > > i don't think that's really true. else, why is autoconf & friends relying > > on a shell and not perl ? those see way more distribution than openssl. > > Last I looked, autoconf doesn't use anything that really wasn't in Version 7 > Bourne shell. In my comment, I deliberately used the term "posix shell"
the proposed script uses few features and doesn't really push the limits of POSIX: - variables - if statements - for/while loops - functions - `local` - `export` - `return` - math with $((...)) - printf - $IFS - `[` test - `read` - $#/$*/$1 positionals i don't have a Version 7 shell, but wikipedia indicates those are all available > But to my mind, the question is moot, since post-1.0.2 we'll almost > definitely have c_rehash builtin to the openssl command. that would also work -mike
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