[Intel-gfx] [PATCH i-g-t v2] tests: Clean up shell scripts
Jani Nikula
jani.nikula at intel.com
Tue Feb 7 13:32:51 UTC 2017
On Tue, 07 Feb 2017, Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> On ma, 2017-02-06 at 17:40 +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 06, 2017 at 03:25:27PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> >
>> > On Mon, 06 Feb 2017, Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen at linux.intel.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Convert all scripts to use /bin/sh shebang and fix all shellcheck
>> > > reported problems.
>> >
>> > Pro-tip, this is the place reserved in commit messages for describing
>> > *why* you think the change is needed or for the better. ;)
>>
>> And this reply here seems to be the place where I'm asking why we don't
>> switch to C if we go through all this effort. I don't really see what sh
>> over bash buys us (and you can pretty much expect me to re-add bashism the
>> next time around I touch these ...).
>
> Oh, totally forgot due to writing the huge RFC e-mail about it. One
> could amend the commit message with "to able to run on non-bash
> shells.", if it wasn't yet merged.
I learned this from the kids: Why?
BR,
Jani.
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