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Re: backward compatability of tools

From: Alex Hornby <alex at anvil dot com>
To: "Dr. David Kirkby" <drkirkby at ntlworld dot com>
Cc: automake <automake at gnu dot org>
Cc: "autoconf at gnu dot org" <autoconf at gnu dot org>
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>
Date: 19 Feb 2003 10:40:29 +0000
Subject: Re: backward compatability of tools
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References: <3E4F9313.389B928@ntlworld.com> <vi84r72bdj3.fsf@cs.ucla.edu> <3E520869.A8FF4155@ntlworld.com> <vi8el65o0km.fsf@cs.ucla.edu> <3E52C79C.7E070E3A@ntlworld.com>

> Paul Eggert wrote:
> > We did not purposely shut off SunOS 4.x.  Instead, we wrote new code,
> > that is portable according to POSIX 1003.2-1992 (a 10-year-old
> > standard), which SunOS 4.x happens to break on, and for which there is
> > no simple workaround. 

On a related note, does the restriction of not using shell functions in
autoconf macros still remain, or have the OSs with such shells now gone
the way of SunOS 4.x?

Cheers,
Alex.

-- 
Alex Hornby <alex at anvil dot com>

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