scripts/populate: cleanups and misc fixes

- it's a POSIX compliant shell script: drop bash, use /bin/sh
- fix help text
- use an absolute path for sysroot
- replace "echo" with "printf"
- replace "stat -c '%i'" with "ls -1id"
- replace "pushd / popd" with "cd / cd -"
- remove superfluous break
- bail out if required lib not found, except if forced

 # m68k specific configuration file

 # depends on EXPERIMENTAL

 config ARCH_m68k

     select ARCH_SUPPORTS_32

     select ARCH_DEFAULT_32

     select ARCH_DEFAULT_BE

     select ARCH_SUPPORT_CPU

      help

       The m68k architecture