Re: [PATCH] git-quiltimport /bin/sh-ism fix

Francis Daly [off-list ref] writes:

Bryan Wu reported
/usr/local/bin/git-quiltimport: 114: Syntax error: Missing '))'

Most bourne-ish shells I have here accept
 x=$((echo x)|cat)
but all bourne-ish shells I have here accept
 x=$( (echo x)|cat)
because $(( might mean arithmetic expansion.

Well spotted, thanks.


Sheesh, this is even warned in POSIX sh manpage.