Karsten Merker wrote: > On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 07:02:30PM -0800, Matt Kraai wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 10:26:20PM +0100, Karsten Merker wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 09:38:09PM +0000, Alastair McKinstry wrote: > > > > > > > > if echo $LANG $LC_CTYPE | grep -q UTF-8 ; then > > > > > db_set debconf/language en > > > > > else > > > > > db_set debconf/language C > > > > > fi > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > The code actually goes: > > > > echo $LANG $LC_CTYPE | grep -q UTF-8 > > > > if [ $? ] ; then > > > > ... > > > > > > That was the original case, which also did not work. The code I cited > > > above is the current state in cvs. > > > > > > > if this fails, try the variant > > > > if `echo $LANG $LC_CTYPE | grep -q UTF-8 ` ; then > > > > What are the backticks for? > > They have no "real" function, in fact they are logically "wrong" here, > but they cause the shell to take an additional redirection which does > not trigger the shell crash that happens without them. > > This contruction works only "by accident" because grep is called with > the -q option, so that the backticks end up in delivering an empty > string. Nonetheless the grep gets evaluated and the if executes the > following code based on the returncode of the grep. > > In the meantime I have tried making this a "legal" contruct that also > does not trigger the crash. If one executes the "echo $LANG $LC_CTYPE | > grep -q UTF-8" in a subshell, it also does not crash, so the proper > solution would probably be to write > > if (echo $LANG $LC_CTYPE | grep -q UTF-8 ) ; then > > This works for me without crashing, and as the return code is passed > back from the subshell, the code does what it is supposed to do, i.e. > set debconf/language to "en" in case of an UTF-8 locale and to "C" > otherwise. > > If nobody objects, I will check this into the CVS. > > We still have to look into the other problem I have mentioned (d-i > hanging after selecting another language than US-English), though.
Thanks for the explanation. Would you please file a bug against the shell and add a comment referencing it and indicating that the workaround should be removed once the bug is fixed? -- Matt --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using the LA Free-Net - LA's best kept secret. http://www.lafn.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
