Thread overview
[Issue 19451] install.sh script assumes bash interpreter, but FreeBSD does not include bash by default
Nov 27, 2020
Vladimir Panteleev
Dec 17, 2022
Iain Buclaw
November 27, 2020
https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19451

Vladimir Panteleev <dlang-bugzilla@thecybershadow.net> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |dlang-bugzilla@thecybershad
                   |                            |ow.net
          Component|dlang.org                   |installer
           Hardware|x86                         |All
                 OS|Mac OS X                    |FreeBSD

--- Comment #1 from Vladimir Panteleev <dlang-bugzilla@thecybershadow.net> ---
(In reply to andrew.pennebaker from comment #0)
> Could we rewrite this script in pure POSIX sh, for a more portable UNIX installer?

Unlikely, POSIX shell has much fewer features compared to bash, so this would make the script significantly more complicated and bug-prone.

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December 17, 2022
https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19451

Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw@gdcproject.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Priority|P1                          |P4

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January 02
https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19451

--- Comment #2 from dlangBugzillaToGithub <robert.schadek@posteo.de> ---
THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN MOVED TO GITHUB

https://github.com/dlang/installer/issues/695

DO NOT COMMENT HERE ANYMORE, NOBODY WILL SEE IT, THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN MOVED TO GITHUB

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