[Bug binutils/10061] New: The binutils suite will not compile on systems without a bash shell

[markhobley at yahoo dot co dot uk]

The binutils suite will not compile on systems using a traditional Bourne
compatible shell. During build, the scripts will fail will errors as follows:

../../binutils-2.19.1/ld/genscripts.sh: /tmp/sh119278: cannot open
make[4]: *** [ei386linux.c] Error 1
make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
../../binutils-2.19.1/ld/genscripts.sh: /tmp/sh11884180: cannot open
make[4]: *** [eelf_i386.c] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/local/home/lfs/binutils-build/ld'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/local/home/lfs/binutils-build/ld'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/local/home/lfs/binutils-build/ld'
make[1]: *** [all-ld] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/local/home/lfs/binutils-build'
make: *** [all] Error 2

The cause appears to be due to the absence of a bash shell.

Running grep on the unpackaged source, it appears that the scripts contain some
bashisms as follows:

genscrba.sh:#!/bin/bash

The above error occurs on systems using either an ash shell or a heirloom shell.

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           Summary: The binutils suite will not compile on systems without a
                    bash shell
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.19
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: binutils
        AssignedTo: unassigned at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: markhobley at yahoo dot co dot uk
                CC: bug-binutils at gnu dot org


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10061

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