projects
/
mmh
/ blobdiff
commit
grep
author
committer
pickaxe
?
search:
re
summary
|
shortlog
|
log
|
commit
|
commitdiff
|
tree
raw
|
inline
| side by side
Fixed pick(1) to properly unfold multiple-line header fields
[mmh]
/
test
/
README
diff --git
a/test/README
b/test/README
index
7bf605b
..
1932cd7
100644
(file)
--- a/
test/README
+++ b/
test/README
@@
-71,6
+71,14
@@
in the test scripts. In particular:
- Avoid depending on the exact format of output from system (non-nmh)
programs.
- Avoid depending on the exact format of output from system (non-nmh)
programs.
+The Heirloom Bourne Shell, http://heirloom.sourceforge.net/sh.html,
+catches many non-portable shell constructs, such as $(), $(()), !, and
+assignment in export statements.
+
checkbashisms, available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/checkbaskisms/,
might help some catch problems. Though it misses all of the troublesome
constructs, except for assignment in an export statement, listed above.
checkbashisms, available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/checkbaskisms/,
might help some catch problems. Though it misses all of the troublesome
constructs, except for assignment in an export statement, listed above.
+
+The "Portable Shell" section of the Autoconf info manual has a wealth
+of tips for avoiding portability problems in shell scripts. It might
+be available by entering: info autoconf portable.