shells/bash-4.0 port horribly broken

[Stefan Bethke]

Am 12.03.2009 um 11:29 schrieb Emanuel Haupt:

>>> $ sudo make
>>> ===>  Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
>>> => bash-4.tar.gz is not in /usr/ports/shells/bash/distinfo.
>>> => Either /usr/ports/shells/bash/distinfo is out of date, or
>>> => bash-4.tar.gz is spelled incorrectly.
>>> *** Error code 1
>>>
>>> Stop in /usr/ports/shells/bash.
>>
>> Update: After a recent ports tree update bash now builds correctly
>> here.
>
> The update still remains broken:
>
> [fooman at portjail ~]$ pkg_info
> bash-static-4.0.10_1 The GNU Project's Bourne Again SHell
>
> [root at portjail ~]$ set -x
> [root at portjail ~]$ echo $(uname)
> -bash: command substitution: line 25: syntax error near unexpected  
> token `)'
> -bash: command substitution: line 25: `uname)'

I also find this rather annoying.  I believe that a rather large  
percentage of people use bash as their default shell, so moving from  
3.2 to 4.0 should have been preceded by a headsup or an entry in  
UPDATING.


Stefan

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