Re: [patch 2.6.23-git] toplevel Makefile/depmod bugfix

[Roland Dreier]

 > Accoding to man bash "==" is used to test for equality and "=" is used for assignmnet.
 > I assume the above is a dash syntax error (dash is default on ubuntu IIRC).

My bash man page says the following under "CONDITIONAL EXPRESSIONS":

       string1 == string2
              True if the strings are equal.  = may be used in place
              of == for strict POSIX compliance.

This is bash 3.1 as packaged by Debian.

So I think "=" is the correct thing to use for compatibility with dash
or other non-bash shells, since as far as I know, there are no
situations where a comparison with "=" will fail but "==" will succed.
(ie "=" is strictly more compatible).

 - R.
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