[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: [PATCH] fix configure script for non-bash shells

[Diego Biurrun]

On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 09:32:13AM -0400, Greg Stark wrote:
> $(command) is POSIX.
> 
> No others unless you dig out really old systems. The /bin/sh on Solaris is a
> non-POSIX traditional sysv korn shell because Sun has their head up their rear
> ends about backwards compatibility for legacy systems.

Totally agree.  That shell does not even support the (POSIX) ! operator.  We
put the not() function in configure just to work around this.

Diego