Subject: bug#24338: 24.5; compile-start has /bin/sh hardcoded for remote executions.

From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 18:02:02 +0200

Andreas Schwab <[email-masked]> writes:

>> `shell-file-name' is often wrong for remote systems; there could be
>> another OS, for example. "/bin/sh" is POSIX and can be assumed to exist.
>
> Actually, POSIX doesn't hardcode the location of sh.  File system layout
> is not part of POSIX.

Right. I meant, that one can expect a POSIX compatible shell at "/bin/sh".

> Andreas.

Best regards, Michael.