GNU bug report logs - #75308
30.0.93; man.el assume shell is bash

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ted Phelps <phelps <at> gnusto.com>

Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 05:40:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 30.0.93

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 75308 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Ted Phelps <phelps <at> gnusto.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: michael.albinus <at> gmx.de, 75308 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#75308: 30.0.93; man.el assume shell is bash
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 01:58:17 -0600

Ted Phelps <phelps <at> gnusto.com> writes:

> On 3/1/25 22:47, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
>> If we do need Bash and not just Bourne-compatible shell, we have a
>> serious bug there.  I hope that is not the case.
>
> I don't think there's anything bash-specific required, just the ability
> to redirect stdout and stderr independently.  I've confirmed that
> Debian's /bin/sh (dash) works just fine.

Yes, indeed, all we need is plain old sh.  Sorry for the noise.
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