Hi Tom.
>>> This is just a patch to the Menuconfig script (can be easily adapted
>>> to the other ones) that allows you to configure the kernel without
>>> the requirement of bash (I tested it with ksh, in POSIX-only mode).
>>> Feel free to flame me :P
>> Does it also work in the case where the current shell is csh or tcsh
>> (for example)?
> Er.. why wouldn't it?
> $ head -1 scripts/Menuconfig
> #! /bin/sh
> So this removes the /bin/sh is not bash test, yes?
Q> # ls -l /bin/sh | tr -s '\t' ' '
Q> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 May 7 1999 /bin/sh -> tcsh
Q> #
You tell me - the above is from one of the systems I regularly use,
which does not even have bash installed...
Best wishes from Riley.
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