Re: Debian, POSIX-compliant /bin/sh, and the LSB
On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Andrew Josey wrote:
Here's the data:
Running lts_lsb-os-1.0.1.1beta.tgz with tet_vsxgen_1.4.tgz using newest
install script and all defaults
Error:
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Building/Installing test sets
setup_testsets.sh: 56: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
Tests run fine when bash is substituted for ash as /bin/sh.
Arnold
> Yes some data on the problems encountered would be of benefit.
>
> If there are assumptions beyond POSIX then we need to fix them.
> If this is the VSC-lite test suite, then there is an alternate
> shell binding that can be installed for initial development and
> offered during the installation stafe,
> the xpg3sh binding - try that as a workaround for now.
> regards
> Andrew
>
> On Sep 27, 1:54pm in "Re: Debian, POSIX-co", Matt Taggart wrote:
> >
> > Arnold Hayden writes...
> >
> > > Unfortunately, our test suite doesn't build with ash used as /bin/sh.
> > > Changing the symlink for /bin/sh to bash fixes the build problem,
> >
> > Sounds like maybe bashisms(or other non-POSIX things) in the test suite(which
> > is surprising given it's history). Maybe you could post the specific
> problems?
> >
> > Next time I run the test suite I'll try it too, and report what I find.
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