Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use backticks instead of $(command) to maintain /bin/sh compatibility

From: Morten Welinder <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 16:22:15 -0400

On 5/7/05, Martin Waitz <[email-masked]> wrote:
> hoi :)
> 
> On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 11:05:43AM +0200, Thomas Glanzmann wrote:
> > * Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]> [050507 10:54]:
> > > A quick question.  Which construct in this bashism?
> > > Not using backtick but saying $(command)?
> >
> > Exactly:
> 
> huh? which broken shell does not understand $()?

Solaris' /bin/sh

I thought everything we were relying on bash anyway.  It'll take it.

Morten