Re: Darwin status

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Albert Chin wrote on Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 06:07:26PM CET:
> On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 10:47:43AM +0100, Akim Demaille wrote:
> > >>> "Peter" == Peter O'Gorman <address@hidden> writes:
> > 
> >  >        my_oldobjs="$my_oldobjs "`find $my_xdir -name \*.$objext -print 
> > -o -name \*.lo -print | $NL2SP`
> > 
> > Does Libtool have spies on shell features?  I tend to believe that
> > $(cmd) is well supported.  That would also simplify some code.
> 
> Old shells don't support it. I think you need some type of
> POSIX-compatible shell. Certainly Bourne-only shells don't support
> this.

Yep.  And since this particular line has no nested commmand substitution
or similar, where $() would provide real benefit, I would recommend
against it.

Regards,
Ralf