src/version.sh should explicitely declare to use bash

[David Relson]

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 22:26:05 -0500
Clint Adams <schizo at debian.org> wrote:

> > VERSION=$(grep define.VERSION config.h | awk '{print $3}' | tr -d
> > '"')
> > 
> > I believe the above statement isn't valid in sh, but it's one of the
> > extensions by bash. Thus the first line of the script should be
> > "#!bin/bash", not "#!/bin/sh". Actually, after changing the line as
> > such, the entire compilation finished without any errors.
> > 
> > So, I think the script shoud explicitly declare to use bash, not sh.
> > 
> 
> This is due to Sun refusing for over a decade to use a
> POSIX-conformant shell as /bin/sh.  Solaris's /bin/sh supports the
> obsolete backtick form of command substitution, and Solaris's
> /usr/xpg4/bin/sh (a/k/a ksh) supports the recommended $() form.
> 
> A build dependency on bash is probably not a good idea.

Clint,

What would you recommend doing?

David