Bug 15630

Summary:	xdg-utils scripts should use /bin/bash as shell not /bin/sh
Product:	Portland	Reporter:	Darren Kenny <darren.kenny>
Component:	xdg-utils	Assignee:	Portland Bugs <portland-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium	CC:	pelle
Version:	1.0
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Solaris
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Description Darren Kenny 2008-04-21 08:06:57 UTC

All of the xdg-utils scripts are using bash syntax not pure bourne-shell syntax.

As such they should be updated to either use /bin/bash as the execution shell or be fixed to not use bash syntax.

For example, the use of $( ) to execute :

  A=$(echo hello)

should be

  A=`echo hello`

Comment 1 Per Olofsson 2008-05-05 01:30:52 UTC

No, $(echo hello) is perfectly POSIX. See SUSv3 section 2.6.3 (http://www.unix.org/single_unix_specification/).

Comment 2 Pablo Castellano (pablog) 2010-07-18 14:06:17 UTC

I have checked with the checkbashisms script and actually there are no bashisms in the xdg-utils scripts

Closing bug.

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