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Building from git breaks when /bin/sh isn't bash

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Message #20 received at 40641 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
Cc: 40641 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, elaexuotee <at> wilsonb.com
Subject: Re: bug#40641: Building from git breaks when /bin/sh isn't bash
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 12:09:53 -0400

Hello,

"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de> writes:

> Only the tests are affected, as far as I can tell.  make runs fine.
> The issue with “gnu/local.mk” from [1] got fixed in 2019 via
> 92d00ca4661e186022732a47956a2bc0ef16be96.
>
> But Makefile.am has 
>
> SH_LOG_COMPILER = $(top_builddir)/test-env $(SHELL)
> AM_SH_LOG_FLAGS = -x -e
>
> Probably autoconf can be made to detect if $(SHELL) is bash or zsh
> somehow™.  But I suppose it is not important and I won’t fix it.

Wilson, could you confirm whether there's still something to fix here?
Else, let's close this ticket and move on.

Thanks,

Maxim

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