Re: pgsql/src/bin/initdb Makefile initdb.sh - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pgsql/src/bin/initdb Makefile initdb.sh
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Msg-id 5401.989342390@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to pgsql/src/bin/initdb Makefile initdb.sh  (Bruce Momjian - CVS <momjian@hub.org>)
Responses Re: pgsql/src/bin/initdb Makefile initdb.sh  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Re: pgsql/src/bin/initdb Makefile initdb.sh  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian - CVS <momjian@hub.org> writes:
>     Allow SHELL in Makefile.* to control initdb.

Waste of time, Bruce.  By my count, our distribution contains sixty-five
other shell scripts with hard-wired "#! /bin/sh", most of which are not
being passed through any autoconfiguration step.  Foremost on the list
is configure itself.  It's going to be rather difficult to autoconfigure
anything if /bin/sh doesn't work.

I would suggest reverting this change, since there's no point in having
initdb work differently from all our other shellscripts.  I agree with
Doug McNaught that any system where /bin/sh isn't a Bourne shell is
not Unix.

            regards, tom lane

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