Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.5??] configure: Fix shell syntax to placate OpenBSD's pdksh

[Peter Maydell]

On 14 December 2015 at 15:13, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 12/14/2015 08:02 AM, Peter Maydell wrote:
>> This fixes a problem where configure just falls over on OpenBSD,
>> but on the other hand it is not a regression since 2.4.0...
>> Opinions on whether we should put it in 2.5 as a last minute
>> thing welcome.
>
> Can OpenBSD users do:
>
> /path/to/bash ./configure
>
> to work around it?
>
> That, and the fact that we went an entire release cycle without a report
> of a problem, means few developers are even attempting OpenBSD builds.
> So, I would argue that as a non-regression, and where there is a likely
> workaround of using a different shell, this can wait until 2.6.

Mmm, I'm kind of leaning towards "don't put this in 2.5" as well.

thanks
-- PMM