GNU bug report logs - #47382
runtest doesn't work with Solaris 10 /bin/sh

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Package: dejagnu;

Reported by: Rainer Orth <ro <at> CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 10:34:01 UTC

Owned by: jcb62281 <at> gmail.com

Severity: normal

Done: Jacob Bachmeyer <jcb62281 <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Rainer Orth <ro <at> CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
To: bug-dejagnu <at> gnu.org
Subject: runtest doesn't work with Solaris 10 /bin/sh
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 11:33:02 +0100

When trying DejaGnu 1.6.3 rc1 on Solaris 10, it failed immediately with:

runtest: syntax error at line 43: `execpath=$' unexpected

The script hardcodes #!/bin/sh, but the Solaris 10 /bin/sh is
effectively the old Bourne Shell and doesn't support $().

There are several options, I believe:

* Substitute a shell that does (like /bin/ksh in the Solaris 10 case).

* Rework the script to avoid the construct.

* Give up in horror and declare Solaris 10 unsupported, preferably with
  a decent error message at configure time.

	Rainer

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Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University
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