[MPlayer-cvslog] r25139 - trunk/configure

[Diego Biurrun]

On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 01:39:44PM +0200, Ivan Kalvachev wrote:
> 2007/11/22, diego <subversion at mplayerhq.hu>:
> >
> > Log:
> > Remove ! operator hack, we require a POSIX-compatible-shell.
> 
> I think this is the first time in MPlayer history when we intensionally
> decrease compatibility for no apparent reason.

Nonsense, many OS-specific hacks have been removed in the past and will
be removed in the future, e.g. the removal of loader/loader_objfix.sh.

> If we do require posix-compatible shell, then there must be test for it,
> that would explain why the script won't run and give nice suggestion
> what have to be done.

Feel free to come up with a test.

> BTW, this hack seems to be introduced by commit 8781,
> to fix some old Solaris problem. New Solaris should be OK.

Exactly, one less reason to keep this hack that makes configure harder
to read and maintain.

Diego