On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Will Lowe wrote: :Is there an error in the 2.0x versions of bash on ftp.debian.org? I'm :trying to run a script called "makemake" in order to compile clisp, and I :get a million errors like these: : :./makemake: command substitution: line 1: missing closing `)' for arithmetic expression :./makemake: command substitution: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `2' :./makemake: command substitution: line 1: `((arch) 2>/dev/null || uname -m 2>/dev/null) | $tolower' :./makemake: command substitution: line 1: missing closing `)' for arithmetic expression :./makemake: command substitution: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `2' :./makemake: command substitution: line 1: `((uname) 2>/dev/null || arch 2>/dev/null) | $tolower' :./makemake: [: too many arguments :./makemake: [: =: unary operator expected : :I'm a tcsh kinda guy, so bash isn't something I'm generally familiar :with. But the same script runs fine on a SunOS machine's version of bash, :so I don't think it's the script ...
As far as I know there is a bug in bash 2.0, period, not just the debian version. I believe this was fixed in 2.00.0(1), but I could be wrong. There was a big discussion about this a few weeks ago. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .