On 2012-04-25, at 1:48 AM, Oliver Kiddle wrote:
The stuff in /usr/xpg4/bin would be POSIX compliant but frankly, it is
easier to adjust scripts to work with Solaris' /bin/sh (as David has now
done) than to have it dig around trying to find the POSIX stuff.
It's more than just sh, though. The grep, sed, and awk in /bin are all very
broken compared to modern (post 1985) variants. The xpg4 test is pretty simple
– if /usr/xpg4/bin exists, put it in front of $PATH and forget about writing
Solaris workarounds. This is how I've been dealing with Solaris for well over
a decade, and it Just Works.
--lyndon
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