Re: does using libtool mean that the user must have bash installed?

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Ed,

* Ed Hartnett wrote on Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 05:54:04PM CET:
> 
> If I use libtool, I seem to get bash scripts. Does this mean my users
> must have bash installed?

Nope.  The configure script will look for a decent shell which supports
shell functions and a hopefully builtin equivalent for 'echo' which does
not interpret backslashes.

When it finds bash, it's usually happy, but it should do fine with most
non-ancient and even some ancient Bourne-derived shells, such as the
various ksh, ash, etc.  Native Bourne shells won't work (as they do not
have shell functions), so on a, say, 10+ year old host you might have to
install a modern shell.  Last time I tried the UNICOS 9 /bin/sh, it even
seemed to work fine with Libtool CVS HEAD, but boy was it slow.  ;-)

Cheers,
Ralf