1 files changed, 10 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/patch-kernel b/scripts/patch-kernel
index 67e4b1868e50..ece46ef0ba54 100755
--- a/scripts/patch-kernel
+++ b/scripts/patch-kernel
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ sourcedir=${1-/usr/src/linux}
 patchdir=${2-.}
 stopvers=${3-default}
 
-if [ "$1" == -h -o "$1" == --help -o ! -r "$sourcedir/Makefile" ]; then
+if [ "$1" = -h -o "$1" = --help -o ! -r "$sourcedir/Makefile" ]; then
 cat << USAGE
 usage: $PNAME [-h] [ sourcedir [ patchdir [ stopversion ] [ -acxx ] ] ]
   source directory defaults to /usr/src/linux,
@@ -182,10 +182,12 @@ reversePatch () {
 }
 
 # set current VERSION, PATCHLEVEL, SUBLEVEL, EXTRAVERSION
-TMPFILE=`mktemp .tmpver.XXXXXX` || { echo "cannot make temp file" ; exit 1; }
+# force $TMPFILEs below to be in local directory: a slash character prevents
+# the dot command from using the search path.
+TMPFILE=`mktemp ./.tmpver.XXXXXX` || { echo "cannot make temp file" ; exit 1; }
 grep -E "^(VERSION|PATCHLEVEL|SUBLEVEL|EXTRAVERSION)" $sourcedir/Makefile > $TMPFILE
 tr -d [:blank:] < $TMPFILE > $TMPFILE.1
-source $TMPFILE.1
+. $TMPFILE.1
 rm -f $TMPFILE*
 if [ -z "$VERSION" -o -z "$PATCHLEVEL" -o -z "$SUBLEVEL" ]
 then
@@ -202,11 +204,7 @@ echo "Current kernel version is $VERSION.$PATCHLEVEL.$SUBLEVEL${EXTRAVERSION} ($
 EXTRAVER=
 if [ x$EXTRAVERSION != "x" ]
 then
-        if [ ${EXTRAVERSION:0:1} == "." ]; then
-                EXTRAVER=${EXTRAVERSION:1}
-        else
-                EXTRAVER=$EXTRAVERSION
-        fi
+        EXTRAVER=${EXTRAVERSION#.}
         EXTRAVER=${EXTRAVER%%[[:punct:]]*}
         #echo "$PNAME: changing EXTRAVERSION from $EXTRAVERSION to $EXTRAVER"
 fi
@@ -251,16 +249,16 @@ while :				# incrementing SUBLEVEL (s in v.p.s)
 do
     CURRENTFULLVERSION="$VERSION.$PATCHLEVEL.$SUBLEVEL"
     EXTRAVER=
-    if [ $stopvers == $CURRENTFULLVERSION ]; then
+    if [ $stopvers = $CURRENTFULLVERSION ]; then
         echo "Stopping at $CURRENTFULLVERSION base as requested."
         break
     fi
 
-    SUBLEVEL=$((SUBLEVEL + 1))
+    SUBLEVEL=$(($SUBLEVEL + 1))
     FULLVERSION="$VERSION.$PATCHLEVEL.$SUBLEVEL"
     #echo "#___ trying $FULLVERSION ___"
 
-    if [ $((SUBLEVEL)) -gt $((STOPSUBLEVEL)) ]; then
+    if [ $(($SUBLEVEL)) -gt $(($STOPSUBLEVEL)) ]; then
         echo "Stopping since sublevel ($SUBLEVEL) is beyond stop-sublevel ($STOPSUBLEVEL)"
         exit 1
     fi
@@ -297,7 +295,7 @@ fi
 if [ x$gotac != x ]; then
   # Out great user wants the -ac patches
         # They could have done -ac (get latest) or -acxx where xx=version they want
-        if [ $gotac == "-ac" ]; then
+        if [ $gotac = "-ac" ]; then
           # They want the latest version
                 HIGHESTPATCH=0
                 for PATCHNAMES in $patchdir/patch-${CURRENTFULLVERSION}-ac*\.*