>From what Eric said, the script starts with #!/bin/dash to document the fact that it doesn't use bash-specific extensions. Since dash is supposed to be a POSIX-compliant shell, it should be safe to change this to /bin/sh in the FreeBSD package. Even if you add a dependency on dash, you will have to have a patch to change the shebang to point to /usr/local/bin/dash.
__Martin >>>>> On Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:19:38 -0400, Dan Langille said: > > Oh. > > I think adding another dependency is unwise, but it appears to be a done-deal. > > I suppose something was valuable in /bin/dash which was not available in > /bin/bash. > > I'll add another dependency to the package. > > - > Dan Langille - BSDCan / PGCon > d...@langille.org > > > > On Mar 30, 2021, at 12:11 PM, Eric Bollengier via Bacula-devel > > <bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > The program is written in DASH, it may work if you replace it with Bash, > > but the two shells are not compatible. > > > > In the old time, /bin/sh was pointing to bash, but bash is way more > > powerful than the regular /bin/sh. Then, Ubuntu guys have replaced > > /bin/sh -> bash by /bin/sh -> dash for performance reasons (the result > > was quite painful for all shell writers), and it's quite easy now to > > write a shell script on Redhat using /bin/sh that will not work on > > Ubuntu. At least, it's clear. > > > > Best Regards, > > Eric > > > > On 3/30/21 18:03, Martin Simmons wrote: > >> /bin/dash is another shell, which is typically used as the system shell on > >> Ubuntu and Debian. > >> > >> I'm not sure which repo you are looking at, but my copy has /bin/dash in > >> that > >> file > >> > >> __Martin > >> > >> > >>>>>>> On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 14:23:59 -0400, Dan Langille said: > >>> > >>> I tried to create a pull request for you, but couldn't find this code > >>> within the cloned repo. > >>> > >>> I checked out Branch-11.0 but the error was not there. > >>> > >>> The tarball for 11.0.2 contains this in > >>> bacula-11.0.2/scripts/baculabackupreport.in > >>> > >>> #!/bin/dash > >>> > >>> Perhaps that's meant to be #!/bin/bash > >>> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bacula-devel mailing list > > Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel > > _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
