Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove "bashism" from contrib/thunderbird-patch-inline/appp.sh

From: Ángel González <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:16:00 +0200

Maxin john wrote:
> > Remove "bashism" and minor corrections for
> > contrib/thunderbird-patch-inline/appp.sh
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Maxin B. John <[email-masked]>
This is wrong.

You are replacing bash with sh:
> > -#!/bin/bash
> > +#!/bin/sh

but the script still uses bash-specific syntax (aka. bashishms):
> > +
> >  PATCH=$(zenity --file-selection)
> >
> >  if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then

So with your change the script won't be able to run on systems which
don't have bash as /bin/sh

The standard equivalent of $( ) are `backticks`.