Re: [PATCH] [BUILTIN] Allow SIG* signal names.

[Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 08:22:20AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
>> On 07/02/2012 08:11 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
>> > On Jul 2, 2012, at 07:51, Eric Blake wrote:
> 
>> >> ... non-required bloat ...
> 
>> > The key phrase.  And one value of a shell lacking such
>> > extensions is that it provides an excellent test bed for
>> > code intended to be portable within the POSIX spec.
> 
>> That argues that we should drop our strcasecmp() for the much simpler
>> strcmp(), in order to remove the bloat we already have.
> 
> Such a change would be at odds with the goal of dash to be a usable
> shell. It is not good to break existing scripts, even if those scripts
> are not strictly POSIX-compliant, and particularly so if the scripts
> relied on designed behaviour. Such changes can waste a lot of time.

I agree with Jilles.  I don't think any change is required here.

Thanks,
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