Public bug reported: getopt(1) works with /bin/sh, bash, and probably other Bourne-ish shells (as well as csh-family shells with the appropriate option).
However the included examples give the impression that something about getopt(1) makes it incompatible with /bin/sh, leading one to assume that scripts MUST use bash instead of sh. The author probably meant merely that the "bash" example would not work with tcsh; however less- experienced script writers might not find that to be obvious. First of all, the Bourne-syntax example unnecessarily uses bash, i.e. leading one to wonder why the more-universal sh shell could not be used. And there is a comment in the example saying "This program will only work with bash(1)". SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENT (patch attached): . Rename /usr/share/doc/util-linux/examples/getopt-parse.bash to getopt- parse.sh . Change the example to use /bin/sh instead of bash, and change the comment to say that that example works only with sh-compatible shells, including bash. P.S. The --shell option to getopt(1) accepts arguments 'sh', 'bash', 'csh', and 'tcsh', however internally there is no difference between 'sh' and 'bash' (or between 'csh' and 'tcsh'). See source code at https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util- linux/+/v2.22.2/misc-utils/getopt.c ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: util-linux 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-20.34-generic 3.11.10.6 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-20-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed May 14 21:00:48 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-06 (282 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: util-linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-24 (202 days ago) ** Affects: util-linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug saucy third-party-packages ** Attachment added: "patch.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1319655/+attachment/4112843/+files/patch.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1319655 Title: getopt example in docs incorrectly implies /bin/sh may not be used (PATCH) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/1319655/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
