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According to Corinna Vinschen on 8/12/2008 9:40 AM:
| On Aug 12 19:36, Dmitry Semyonov wrote:
|> Hello all,
|>
|>  -- begin --
|> $ bash -c '! true | false; echo $?'
|> 0
|>
|> $ ash -c '! true | false; echo $?'
|> 1
|>  -- end --
|>
|> Mostly "if" conditions are affected by this issue.

The next release of the autoconf manual will also mention this portability
pitfall, among others:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=autoconf.git;a=commitdiff;h=3ca7a51
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=autoconf.git;a=commitdiff;h=95dfc19

|
| Use bash as sh.  ash is only in the distro to run rebaseall.  I won't
| release a new version of ash any time soon, if it doesn't explicitely
| affect rebase.

Although, now that the bash package blindly installs /bin/sh, ash no
longer needs a postinstall script.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             ebb9 AT byu DOT net
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