Thorsten Glaser:
> Ximin Luo dixit:
>
>> needs to more clearly distinguish between the build and the host
>> environment - like how compilers do. So for example, here the "most
>> correct" solution would be to add a HOST_POSIX_SHELL and default this
>
Paul Eggert:
> On 06/15/2016 01:44 PM, Ximin Luo wrote:
>> In such a case, it is a bug to be using $POSIX_SHELL - which only tests for
>> conformance with POSIX and not these "other bugs that make it unusable".
> Gnulib can't test for all POSIX violations,
(Did you mean to add debian-bugs-dist and Jonathan Nieder on purpose or by
accident? I removed them, but feel free to add them back in.)
Thorsten Glaser:
>> proposed patch affect your scenario? This is not about CONFIG_SHELL,
>
> It is. Straight from your diff:
>
>> for gl_cv_posix_shell i
Thorsten Glaser:
> Ximin Luo dixit:
>
>> bugs-gnulib, do you see any issue with this patch? The context is that
>
> [..]
>
> $CONFIG_SHELL should stay the ultimate instance. Users absolutely MUST
> be able to override not-working-but-recognised-as-good-enough system
+bugs-gnulib, reproducible-builds
Lasse Collin:
> On 2016-06-07 Ximin Luo wrote:
>> I've attached a patch that makes m4/posix-shell.m4 try constant paths
>> first. This should fix the issue.
>>
>> Upstream should also apply it - see more-stable-shell.patch.
>
