configure shell game

[Nico Williams]

On Thu, Jun 04, 2026 at 03:02:36PM -0400, Demi Marie Obenour wrote:
> On 6/2/26 11:45, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > Nico Williams <nico at cryptonector.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> On Tue, Jun 02, 2026 at 11:28:07PM +1000, Darren Tucker via openssh-unix-dev wrote:
> >>> I was recently reminded of this nonsense from the Solaris /bin/sh while
> >>> running a regression test:
> >>>
> >>> run test proxy-connect.sh ...
> >>> [...]/proxy-connect.sh: warning: line 6: `...` obsolete, use $(...)
> >>> [...]/proxy-connect.sh: warning: line 6: `...` obsolete, use $(...)
> >>> [...]/proxy-connect.sh: warning: line 15: `...` obsolete, use $(...)
> >>
> >> Nowadays $() is POSIX.  Is there any supported system where /bin/sh does
> >> not support $()?
> > 
> > Yes.
> 
> Which one?

Solaris 10's, for example, apparently.