[Intel-gfx] [PATCH i-g-t 1/5] tests: Use bash for debugfs_wedged and drm_lib.sh

[Jani Nikula]

On Wed, 12 Oct 2016, Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> On ke, 2016-10-12 at 14:16 +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> If you really care, go ahead and send the patches to make these Bourne
>> shell compatible, but then do also sign up for testing them on non-bash
>> shells. The CI won't. I don't think it's worth the trouble, but YMMV.
>
> If they're re-written using POSIX sh constructs only, I don't think
> they need to be tested outside of POSIX sh? That's what standards are
> for.

It's just that if the majority of folks and the CI have bash as /bin/sh,
we won't notice when we accidentally add bashisms, and it'll eventually
break. Maybe you could keep running shellcheck [1] on them, or
something.

[1] https://www.shellcheck.net/

> I also remember FreeBSD guys being all for letting bash dependency go.
> So there'd be actual gains too.

I'm biting my lips not to quip on that.

> All are easily convertible. So let's do this.

If you have the time, go ahead. But don't break *any* functionality, no
compromises.


BR,
Jani.

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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center