Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

Hi, Rich. On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 16:03:48 -0400, among other, you wrote: > > You should note that nobody with an @gentoo.org game is playing your > 20 questions game either. And that's OK. Sthu.

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

On Sunday 30 Jul 2017 23:19:11 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 22:03:45 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > [...] point releases tend to contain manly bug fixes > > > > That's all right then. As long as there aren't too many feminist ones... > > That's because the men, in particular

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

On Sunday 30 Jul 2017 23:19:11 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 22:03:45 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > [...] point releases tend to contain manly bug fixes > > > > That's all right then. As long as there aren't too many feminist ones... > > That's because the men, in particular

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 22:03:45 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > [...] point releases tend to contain manly bug fixes > > That's all right then. As long as there aren't too many feminist ones... That's because the men, in particular the husbands, are the ones always getting it wrong, so they

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

On Sunday 30 Jul 2017 20:50:58 Neil Bothwick wrote: > [...] point releases tend to contain manly bug fixes That's all right then. As long as there aren't too many feminist ones... -- Regards Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 5:03 AM, Ста Деюс wrote: > > On Sat, 29 Jul 2017 22:07:31 +0100, among other, you wrote: > >> >> This is what was asked for from the start, and as soon as you provided >> it, several people identified a potential problem. It's no use saying >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 16:03:06 +0700, Ста Деюс wrote: > > Except it's not the same bash, you stated that they are different > > versions. > > I do not suppose that versions, that differ just in .1 are too great > for syntax. I may err, and may get into 0.1 % of probability that > it is the

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

Hi, Vadim. On Sat, 29 Jul 2017 19:13:17 +0700, among other, you wrote: > > > read 'Enter device (like /dev/sd(a1,b1,...): ' device > > AFAIK, this is not valid syntax for `read` in any shell (even on > Debian. I just checked) Now i see this too even on "Debian" and i can't explain that,

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

Hi, Peter. On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 00:10:41 +0100, among other, you wrote: > > > read 'Enter device (like /dev/sd(a1,b1,...): ' device > > > > Until i remove the brackets, "Gentoo's" bash keeps error > > messaging. > > Which brackets? They aren't matched. I know, but i say what i see. Thank

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

Hi, Alexander. On Sat, 29 Jul 2017 15:08:37 +0300, among other, you wrote: > > Alright. Here is an example of the problematic line from the point > of view of "Gentoo's" bash: > > read 'Enter device (like /dev/sd(a1,b1,...): ' device > > Until i remove the brackets, "Gentoo's" bash keeps

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

Hi, Neil. On Sat, 29 Jul 2017 22:07:31 +0100, among other, you wrote: > > > Mathematics (mother of computers) answers: 1+1=2. -- Meaning: same > > script w/ the same bash gets same execution. > > Except it's not the same bash, you stated that they are different > versions. I do not suppose

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

On Saturday 29 Jul 2017 15:08:37 Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > Alright. Here is an example of the problematic line from the point > of view of "Gentoo's" bash: > > read 'Enter device (like /dev/sd(a1,b1,...): ' device > > Until i remove the brackets, "Gentoo's" bash keeps error messaging. Which

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

On Sat, 29 Jul 2017 18:26:47 +0700, Ста Деюс wrote: > > > How do you know that the contents of the script are not relevant > > > when you > > don't know what the problem is? It is also useful to know the exact > > Mathematics (mother of computers) answers: 1+1=2. -- Meaning: same > script w/

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

> read 'Enter device (like /dev/sd(a1,b1,...): ' device AFAIK, this is not valid syntax for `read` in any shell (even on Debian. I just checked) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

On Jul 29, 2017 12:27, "Ста Деюс" wrote: Hi, Neil. On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 21:43:53 +0100, you wrote: > > How do you know that the contents of the script are not relevant > > when you > don't know what the problem is? It is also useful to know the exact Mathematics

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

Hi, Neil. On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 21:43:53 +0100, you wrote: > > How do you know that the contents of the script are not relevant > > when you > don't know what the problem is? It is also useful to know the exact Mathematics (mother of computers) answers: 1+1=2. -- Meaning: same script w/ the same

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 8:53 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 9:44 PM, R0b0t1 wrote: >> >> Not to get away from OP's question, but how good would the installer >> need to be before it held the interest of any developers that manage >> the

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 9:44 PM, R0b0t1 wrote: > > Not to get away from OP's question, but how good would the installer > need to be before it held the interest of any developers that manage > the website or handbook? > That is hard to say. I've been meaning to better

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 8:10 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 4:47 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Sat, 29 Jul 2017 00:24:09 +0700, Ста Деюс wrote: >> >>> But something tells me the reason of absence of the installer are >>> much deeper. >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 4:47 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 29 Jul 2017 00:24:09 +0700, Ста Деюс wrote: > >> But something tells me the reason of absence of the installer are >> much deeper. > > Yes, it is that no one has felt the need to devote the considerable > amount

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

On Sat, 29 Jul 2017 00:24:09 +0700, Ста Деюс wrote: > But something tells me the reason of absence of the installer are > much deeper. Yes, it is that no one has felt the need to devote the considerable amount of time needed to code and test an installer that takes into account the far wider

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

On Sat, 29 Jul 2017 00:57:41 +0700, Ста Деюс wrote: > > Can you attach to bash script you are running and the exact error > > messages? It is hard to say (at least for me) without seeing it; bash > > to bash portability issues are something I have never heard of. As a > > guess there are a

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

On 28 July 2017 at 20:15, Mark David Dumlao wrote: > Gotta be honest here. I really don't think Gentoo is for you. > > If you don't understand why the exponential amount of work that it takes > to be able to support each additional choice that Gentoo does is hard to > codify

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 1:24 AM, Ста Деюс wrote: > >> Why bash script (the install script), that works in "Debian", does > >> not > >> work on "Gentoo" install CD, giving me syntax errors (basically > >> related to '(', ')' and ''')? In the script is the interpreter

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

> > and both systems contain bash, that interprets the script, why the > > difference on syntax? > > > > Can you attach to bash script you are running and the exact error > messages? It is hard to say (at least for me) without seeing it; bash > to bash portability issues are something I have

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

On Saturday 29 Jul 2017 00:24:09 Ста Деюс wrote: > >> Why bash script (the install script), that works in "Debian", does > >> not > >> work on "Gentoo" install CD, giving me syntax errors (basically > >> related to '(', ')' and ''')? In the script is the interpreter line > >> > >> #!/bin/bash > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

>> Why bash script (the install script), that works in "Debian", does >> not >> work on "Gentoo" install CD, giving me syntax errors (basically >> related to '(', ')' and ''')? In the script is the interpreter line >> >> #!/bin/bash > You say that line appears in both scripts, but is it the

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

On Friday 28 Jul 2017 22:31:22 Ста Деюс wrote: > Hi. > > > Why bash script (the install script), that works in "Debian", does not > work on "Gentoo" install CD, giving me syntax errors (basically related > to '(', ')' and ''')? In the script is the interpreter line > > #!/bin/bash You say that

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 11:14 AM, R0b0t1 wrote: > The installation process at its core involves preparing the disks and > then extracting the stage 3 to them. Sorry, I forgot to add: This part, if you don't want anything special, is maybe 3 lines or so; if you want something

Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?

On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 10:31 AM, Ста Деюс wrote: > Hi. > > > Why bash script (the install script), that works in "Debian", does not > work on "Gentoo" install CD, giving me syntax errors (basically related > to '(', ')' and ''')? In the script is the interpreter line >