Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] fix incorrect bracket in tracetool

[Andreas Färber]

Am 16.03.2012 14:19, schrieb Paolo Bonzini:
> Il 16/03/2012 14:00, Lee Essen ha scritto:
>> /tmp/patch/qemu/scripts/tracetool[520]: local: not found [No such file or 
>> directory]
>> /tmp/patch/qemu/scripts/tracetool[66]: local: not found [No such file or 
>> directory]
>> /tmp/patch/qemu/scripts/tracetool[136]: local: not found [No such file or 
>> directory]
>> /tmp/patch/qemu/scripts/tracetool[55]: local: not found [No such file or 
>> directory]
>> /tmp/patch/qemu/scripts/tracetool[80]: local: not found [No such file or 
>> directory]
>> /tmp/patch/qemu/scripts/tracetool[55]: local: not found [No such file or 
>> directory]
>>
>> From what I can see "local" isn't supported in posix ...
>> "The POSIX standard supports functions, as shown above, but the semantics 
>> are weaker: functions do not have local traps or options, it is not possible 
>> to define local variables, and functions can't be exported."
>>
>> So I could do with some advice now on how to proceed … is the goal to keep 
>> posix shell compliance? Wait for a tracetool.py version? Or should I go back 
>> to messing with SHELL?
> 
> I think #!/bin/bash is a better solution in the short-term.

Breaks if it's in /usr/gnu/bin or /opt/SUNWfoo/bin. :)

Just like Python scripts can't rely on #!/usr/bin/env python on
BeOS/Haiku in lack of /usr. The world is complicated.

Andreas