[axel-devel] [axel-Bugs][311774] configure script should use /bin/bash not /bin/sh

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Bugs item #311774, was changed at 22.06.2009 11:03 by Philipp Hagemeister
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>Status: Pending
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Nobody (None)
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Summary: configure script should use /bin/bash not /bin/sh 


Initial Comment:
The configure script uses bash-specific syntax, while specifying /bin/sh as interpreter. This leads to issues on systems where /bin/sh is really 'sh' not a link to bash:

# ./configure 
./configure: syntax error at line 45: `keyname=$' unexpected

The only change needed to fix this issue is to change '/bin/sh' -> '/bin/bash' in the first line of the script.

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>Comment By: Philipp Hagemeister (phihag-guest)
Date: 22.06.2009 11:30

Message:
This is not bash-specific syntax, but the new command quoting style which is available on every POSIX-compatible /bin/sh, as specified at http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html#tag_02_06_03 .
The script works fine on my system with bash 3.2, dash 0.5, busybox sh 1.10, zsh 4.3 and ksh 93. Which shell are you using?

Anyway, I reverted the configure script to the old style in rev114. Does configure work now?

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