GNU bug report logs - #34279
guix-install.sh: uses /bin/bash shebang

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Message #16 received at 34279-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) <clacke <at> lysator.liu.se>
Cc: 34279-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34279: guix-install.sh: uses /bin/bash shebang
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 12:04:44 +0100

Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> skribis:

> What about something like this:
>
> diff --git a/etc/guix-install.sh b/etc/guix-install.sh
> index 8eb5214049..dc8de2fe92 100755
> --- a/etc/guix-install.sh
> +++ b/etc/guix-install.sh
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -#!/bin/bash
> +#!/bin/sh
>  # GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
>  # Copyright © 2017 sharlatan <sharlatanus <at> gmail.com>
>  # Copyright © 2018 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
> @@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
>  # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>  # along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
>  
> +# We require Bash but for portability we'd rather not use /bin/bash or
> +# /usr/bin/env in the shebang, hence this hack.
> +if [ "x$BASH_VERSION" = "x" ]
> +then
> +    exec bash "$0" "$@"
> +fi

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Ludo’.

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