I think this ended up being necessary because it can't catch all possible
special characters that /bin/sh uses (i.e. on some systems /bin/sh is ksh /
POSIX sh). Rather than screw up because someone counted on this in a
Makefile, they just send it all to the shell.
-- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering KF8NH carnegie mellon university
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