Bug#424173: freebsd-utils: bash dependencies in shell scripts run by portable shell
Package: freebsd-utils
Version: 6.2-3
Severity: important
Tags: patch
A few scripts from freebsd-utils contain calls that are not
pure bourne/posix shell, namely:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ # fgrep -nr 'exec -a' /bin /sbin
/bin/mount:17:exec -a mount /lib/freebsd/mount ${args}
/bin/sysctl:29:exec -a sysctl /lib/freebsd/sysctl ${args}
/sbin/route:32:exec -a route /lib/freebsd/route ${cmd} ${args} /dev/null
This could either be fixed (what is exec -a supposed to do?) or,
possibly better, be worked around by changing the first line of
all these scripts to #!/bin/bash which is installed anyway.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
Architecture: kfreebsd-i386 (i686)
Kernel: kFreeBSD 5.4-1-486
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to
en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/mksh
Versions of packages freebsd-utils depends on:
ii freebsd-hackedutils6.1-1 FreeBSD utilities needed for GNU/k
ii libbsd00.0-1.2+r1710 BSD compatibility library - shared
ii libc0.12.5-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libfreebsd00.0-5 FreeBSD compatibility library - sh
ii libgeom0 6.2-1 FreeBSD GEOM library
ii libkiconv2 6.2-1 FreeBSD kernel side iconv library
ii libkvm06.2-1 FreeBSD kvm (kernel memory interfa
freebsd-utils recommends no packages.
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Bug#424173: freebsd-utils: bash dependencies in shell scripts run by portable shell
Thorsten Glaser [EMAIL PROTECTED] (15/05/2007): This could either be fixed (what is exec -a supposed to do?) Quoting bash.1: | If -a is supplied, the shell passes name as the zeroth argument to the | executed command. or, possibly better, be worked around by changing the first line of all these scripts to #!/bin/bash which is installed anyway. IMHO fixing is better than workarounding. Using a bash shebang would add an (otherwise) unnecessary Depends:, and having POSIX-compliant scripts sounds *much* better to me. Maybe checkbashisms (from devscripts) can help find more problems like that. Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois pgpWB5b7e0zHL.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#424173: freebsd-utils: bash dependencies in shell scripts run by portable shell
* Thorsten Glaser [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-05-15 20:34]: Package: freebsd-utils Please report this to the mailing list. This package isn't in Debian. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#424173: freebsd-utils: bash dependencies in shell scripts run by portable shell
Cyril Brulebois dixit: IMHO fixing is better than workarounding. Using a bash shebang would add an (otherwise) unnecessary Depends: In Debian, it would not, because /bin/bash is, at the moment, required to be always there. and having POSIX-compliant scripts sounds *much* better to me. Same for me, but I guess we can already be lucky that all scripts using /bin/sh have to not use bashisms. If there's an easy way to fix this problem without making the script use bash, ok, but I haven't heard of such functionality in other shells, so I suppose changing the shebang line here would be fine. bye, //mirabile -- I believe no one can invent an algorithm. One just happens to hit upon it when God enlightens him. Or only God invents algorithms, we merely copy them. If you don't believe in God, just consider God as Nature if you won't deny existence. -- Coywolf Qi Hunt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#424173: freebsd-utils: bash dependencies in shell scripts run by portable shell
Thorsten Glaser [EMAIL PROTECTED] (15/05/2007): In Debian, it would not, because /bin/bash is, at the moment, required to be always there. Heh, never noticed Essential: yes on this one, thanks. I was only thinking that bash isn't essential...ly pointed to by /bin/sh, so I never thought it could be marked Essential. Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois pgpGaI1HeOW9B.pgp Description: PGP signature
