[Intel-gfx] [RFC i-g-t] Deciding on #!/bin/bash or #!/bin/sh

[Joonas Lahtinen]

Currently the shell scripts (+ a couple of 'execl') in intel-gpu-tools
are are using a mix of #!/bin/bash (13) or #!/bin/sh shebangs (6). Also
5 of the #!/bin/bash scripts do source a #!/bin/sh script.

I think we should have it unified, either drop Bash dependency
completely or convert all scripts (and execl) to use it.

Most of the scripts are not using any features at all that they would
require a #!/bin/bash shebang or could not be trivially converted to be
#!/bin/sh compliant. Most have actually been written with #!/bin/bash
shebang but still with constructs like 'if [ "x${FOO}" = "x" ]' which
basically are used for compatability with ancient shells. Explained at
http://stackoverflow.com/a/6853353 .

I'd say the bash shebang is there just because author wrote it by
habit. 

In favor of #!/bin/bash there is the point made by Damien (CC'd) that
it'll rule out the incoming bug reports that are due to alternative
shell environments. 

In favor of #!/bin/sh NetBSD people (CC'd) informed they'll be glad to
see bash requirement go.

How about Android, does it make a difference there?

My view on this is that converting everything to #!/bin/sh allows using
BusyBox shell which makes the minimal testing build less complex. So
I'm in favor of converting to #!/bin/sh.

Regards, Joonas
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Joonas Lahtinen
Open Source Technology Center
Intel Corporation