[External] : configure shell game

Theo de Raadt deraadt at openbsd.org
Wed Jun 3 01:49:25 AEST 2026


> The warning message is somewhat useful: $() is POSIX now, and $() is
> much better than ``.

Unix has no way to emit a warning message without scripts observing it,
because warnings go to fd 2 stderr, which can and will be redirected
and parsed by something else.   As such, the warning message is not
useful because the only thing it does is break compatibliity.


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