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Re: does using libtool mean that the user must have bash installed?
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Ralf Wildenhues |
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Re: does using libtool mean that the user must have bash installed? |
Date: |
Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:22:26 +0100 |
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Hi Ed,
* Ed Hartnett wrote on Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 05:54:04PM CET:
>
> If I use libtool, I seem to get bash scripts. Does this mean my users
> must have bash installed?
Nope. The configure script will look for a decent shell which supports
shell functions and a hopefully builtin equivalent for 'echo' which does
not interpret backslashes.
When it finds bash, it's usually happy, but it should do fine with most
non-ancient and even some ancient Bourne-derived shells, such as the
various ksh, ash, etc. Native Bourne shells won't work (as they do not
have shell functions), so on a, say, 10+ year old host you might have to
install a modern shell. Last time I tried the UNICOS 9 /bin/sh, it even
seemed to work fine with Libtool CVS HEAD, but boy was it slow. ;-)
Cheers,
Ralf