From 4407faa26e13c471d13ebf0c84874a9957884dd1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Louwrentius Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:28:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Edited wiki page through web user interface. --- wiki/Requirements.wiki | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/wiki/Requirements.wiki b/wiki/Requirements.wiki index 4c17ebe..e035694 100644 --- a/wiki/Requirements.wiki +++ b/wiki/Requirements.wiki @@ -1,8 +1,11 @@ #summary What is required in order to run PPSS? -#labels Phase-Deploy +#labels Phase-Requirements = Requirements = -The sole requirement for PPSS to work is the Bash shell and the availability of the mkfifo command. PPSS is written using features that are specific to Bash shell and is thus not portable to shells like dash and ksh. +The sole requirement for PPSS to work is the Bash shell and the availability of the mkfifo command. PPSS is written using features that are specific to the Bash shell and is thus not portable to shells like dash and ksh. + +I think that the requirement to install Bash is not unreasonable. Most unices (but not all) have Bash installed by default. + +In the future, I might consider rewriting PPSS in order to make it 'portable' to other shells. However, I spent some time on it already and It seems that this will be a major effort and even may not be possible. However I will not discard the idea. I like the idea of portability, but not at every cost. -In the future, I might consider rewriting PPSS in order to make it 'portable' to other shells. However, I spent some time on it already and It seems that this will be a major effort and even may not be possible. However I will not discard the idea.