From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 13 02:46:07 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD0621065672 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:46:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (trang.nuxi.org [74.95.12.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AA028FC17 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:46:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n2D2VB8r049395; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:31:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.3/8.14.2/Submit) id n2D2VACj049394; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:31:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:31:10 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" To: Stefan Bethke Message-ID: <20090313023110.GB49078@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <20090311210322.GA17971@ozzmosis.com> <20090312073556.GA39778@ozzmosis.com> <20090312112958.4d0cac92.ehaupt@FreeBSD.org> <76B7C6A4-B380-4224-AF69-03ABB1CE5175@lassitu.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <76B7C6A4-B380-4224-AF69-03ABB1CE5175@lassitu.de> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shells/bash-4.0 port horribly broken X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:46:09 -0000 On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 12:48:09PM +0100, Stefan Bethke wrote: >> The update still remains broken: >> [root@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. I didn't have issues with my ~/.bashrc when I updated from 3.2 to 4.0 so I didn't notice this issue. (guess I'm too old school and use "`"'s). -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)