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Re: PATCH: fix configure good and proper.

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>
To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxx (Zsh hackers list)
Subject: Re: PATCH: fix configure good and proper.
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 17:45:04 +0000
In-reply-to: "Dan Nelson"'s message of "Wed, 18 Feb 2004 11:27:31 CST." <20040218172731.GA9669@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Dan Nelson wrote:
> ${SHELL} may be not be a bourne shell.  Just stick a #!/bin/sh at the
> top of the script itself.

Configure sets SHELL explicitly during initialization.  The #! syntax
wasn't always portable --- chances are zsh doesn't even compile on
systems that old, but in this case using SHELL is the portable way
to do it.

-- 
Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>                  Software Engineer
CSR Ltd., Science Park, Milton Road,
Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK                          Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070

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References:
- Re: PATCH: fix configure good and proper.
  - From: Dan Nelson

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