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Bug 19451 – install.sh script assumes bash interpreter, but FreeBSD does not include bash by default

Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P4
Component: installer
Product: D
Version: D2
Platform: All
OS: FreeBSD
Creation time: 2018-11-29T23:28:31Z
Last change time: 2025-01-02T15:46:59Z
Assigned to: No Owner
Creator: n4jm4

Comments

Comment #0 by n4jm4 — 2018-11-29T23:28:31Z

The install.sh script referenced on: * https://dlang.org/download.html * https://dlang.org/dmd-freebsd.html Uses a bash shebang, which does not work out of the box on many UNIX systems, such as FreeBSD, where bash is not installed by default. Could we rewrite this script in pure POSIX sh, for a more portable UNIX installer?

Comment #1 by dlang-bugzilla — 2020-11-27T18:46:07Z

(In reply to andrew.pennebaker from comment #0) > Could we rewrite this script in pure POSIX sh, for a more portable UNIX > installer? Unlikely, POSIX shell has much fewer features compared to bash, so this would make the script significantly more complicated and bug-prone.

Comment #2 by robert.schadek — 2025-01-02T15:46:59Z

THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN MOVED TO GITHUB https://github.com/dlang/installer/issues/695 DO NOT COMMENT HERE ANYMORE, NOBODY WILL SEE IT, THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN MOVED TO GITHUB