Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759918AbXFITes (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Jun 2007 15:34:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758650AbXFITem (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Jun 2007 15:34:42 -0400 Received: from ns2.g-housing.de ([81.169.133.75]:39365 "EHLO mail.g-house.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758274AbXFITel (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Jun 2007 15:34:41 -0400 Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 21:34:36 +0200 (CEST) From: Christian Kujau X-X-Sender: dummy@foobar-g4 To: "Julio M. Merino Vidal" cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove bashisms from scripts/extract-ikconfig In-Reply-To: <2F6FAF9E-8997-4FC1-8310-4A7D17C659E4@ac.upc.edu> Message-ID: References: <2F6FAF9E-8997-4FC1-8310-4A7D17C659E4@ac.upc.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 592 Lines: 18 On Sat, 9 Jun 2007, Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote: > Wouldn't this be better expressed as: > > start=$(($start + 8)) > size=$(($end - $start)) > > to avoid invoking a subshell? This is certainly possible for lots for scripts, but was not the "scope" of this patch. ` is not bash-specific and does not break anything. -- make bzImage, not war - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/