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Re: [PATCH] posix-shell.m4: reject Solaris 11's /bin/sh (due to umask)


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: [PATCH] posix-shell.m4: reject Solaris 11's /bin/sh (due to umask)
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:44:34 -0600
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According to Jim Meyering on 9/16/2008 3:58 AM:
> Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
>> I discovered that Solaris 11's /bin/sh exhibits the following
>> surprising behavior:
>>
>>     $ /bin/sh -c 'umask 22; (umask 0); umask'
>>     0000

We should also document this in the autoconf manual.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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