On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 12:55:21PM -0400, Jeff Morriss wrote:
> Traditionally 'sh' (at least the original one) does not like things like:
>
> export WIRESHARK_RUN_FROM_BUILD_DIRECTORY=
>
> So instead you have to do:
>
> WIRESHARK_RUN_FROM_BUILD_DIRECTORY=
> export WIRESHARK_RUN_FROM_BUILD_DIRECTORY
Good thing I asked! The second way is the way I learned. Does that way
work on Solaris /bin/sh even if the first doesn't?
> At least I've had that problem on SVR4-derived systems (Solaris). IIRC
> you usually use FreeBSD so you might have the Almquist Shell[1] which
> might behave differently.
Good memory.. my old (> 15 year) habits of using FreeBSD are hard to
break :)
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almquist_Shell
Thanks for the reference... I haven't heard the term "ash" shell in
years! Sure enough though, that's the one FreeBSD uses:
/usr/src/bin/sh/TOUR:
A Tour through Ash
Copyright 1989 by Kenneth Almquist.
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