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Re: [Gnumed-devel] <bug> shell scripts fail when /bin/sh <> /bin/bash
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Jerzy Luszawski |
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Re: [Gnumed-devel] <bug> shell scripts fail when /bin/sh <> /bin/bash |
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Fri, 1 Aug 2008 23:25:26 +0200 |
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Friday 01 August 2008 12:48:55 Karsten Hilbert napisaĆ(a):
> > I tried to install gnumed on the fresh installation of Kubuntu 8.04 and
> > was caught by various syntax errors when executing scripts. It turned out
> > that in Kubuntu /bin/sh is linked to /bin/dash instead of /bin/bash as in
> > many other common distros.
> > It is easy to avoid by putting explicit reference to bash in the scripts
> > (#!/bin/bash). This could save some great deal of frustration for
> > potential users.
>
> Fixed in our shell scripts. I'd be happy to apply specific
> patches you might come up with to remove bashisms from our
> scripts.
I'm not sure if it is possible and desirable to avoid bash-specific code. You
probably cannot write a script that will work in *every* shell.
The problem I ran into was:
1. string comparison in bash is '==' while in dash is single '='
According to bash man you can use single '=' as well.
2. function definition in bash is 'function <name> () <command>' while in dash
is '<name> () <command>'
Man says that the word 'function' is optional.
I think that changing shebang to /bin/bash is clear and simple solution. If
only I knew that bash is required, I wouldn't complain at all.
(To be quite truthful I wasn't aware that I have dash as default shell until
this problem appeared)
Regards,
Jerzy Luszawski
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] <bug> shell scripts fail when /bin/sh <> /bin/bash, Karsten Hilbert, 2008/08/01
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] <bug> shell scripts fail when /bin/sh <> /bin/bash,
Jerzy Luszawski <=
- [Gnumed-devel] Re: <bug> shell scripts fail when /bin/sh <> /bin/bash, Gour, 2008/08/02
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] Re: <bug> shell scripts fail when /bin/sh <> /bin/bash, Karsten Hilbert, 2008/08/02
- [Gnumed-devel] Re: <bug> shell scripts fail when /bin/sh <> /bin/bash, Gour, 2008/08/03
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] Re: <bug> shell scripts fail when /bin/sh <> /bin/bash, Karsten Hilbert, 2008/08/03
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] Re: <bug> shell scripts fail when /bin/sh <> /bin/bash, James Busser, 2008/08/03
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] Re: <bug> shell scripts fail when /bin/sh <> /bin/bash, Karsten Hilbert, 2008/08/04
- [Gnumed-devel] Re: <bug> shell scripts fail when /bin/sh <> /bin/bash, Gour, 2008/08/04
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] Re: <bug> shell scripts fail when /bin/sh <> /bin/bash, Karsten Hilbert, 2008/08/04
- [Gnumed-devel] Re: <bug> shell scripts fail when /bin/sh <> /bin/bash, Gour, 2008/08/04
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] Re: <bug> shell scripts fail when /bin/sh <> /bin/bash, Karsten Hilbert, 2008/08/04