configure shell game

[Tim Rice]

On Thu, 4 Jun 2026, Nico Williams wrote:

> 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.

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