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runtest doesn't work with Solaris 10 /bin/sh

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: jcb62281 <at> gmail.com
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Subject: bug#47382: closed (runtest doesn't work with Solaris 10 /bin/sh)
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2021 04:13:02 +0000

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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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From: Jacob Bachmeyer <jcb62281 <at> gmail.com>
To: Rainer Orth <ro <at> CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
Cc: 47382-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#47382: runtest doesn't work with Solaris 10 /bin/sh
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2021 23:12:18 -0500

This seems to be resolved as of 1.6.3-rc5, with all tests now passing on 
the gcc210 node at the GCC compile farm.

-- Jacob

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