Re: [PATCH] Don't use cpio in git-clone when not installed

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, Mike Hommey wrote:

+	if type cpio > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+		local=yes
+	fi

Isn't "type" a bashism?

Maybe just do

	if echo . | cpio -o > /dev/null 2>&1; then

instead? Maybe even doing this at install time to avoid the overhead of 
executing another process..

		Linus