Re: [PATCH 1/2] gcore: improve shell use

[Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>]

>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca> writes:

Simon> On 4/1/25 9:39 AM, Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>>> "Sam" == Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> writes:
>> 
Sam> * Use bash tests, i.e. '[[' and ']]', instead of POSIX '[' and ']' or
Sam> 'test' which have their own pitfalls, given gcore has a bash shebang already.
>> 
>> Do we want this to require bash or should it instead just use sh?

Simon> gcore already requires bash as we speak, which IMO is reasonable.

I understand that it requires it presently.  I'm asking whether the
script should require bash.

I tend to think requiring bash is an artifact of its history, coming
from a Linux vendor.  But perhaps bash isn't really required and we
could make it portable.

thanks,
Tom