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24.5; compile-start has /bin/sh hardcoded for remote executions.

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Message #11 received at 24338 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: "Jürgen A. Erhard" <jae <at> jaerhard.com>,
 24338 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24338: 24.5;
 compile-start has /bin/sh hardcoded for remote executions.
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 17:55:25 +0200

On Aug 30 2016, Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> wrote:

> `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.

Andreas.

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