Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:36:48 -0400 From: matt donovan <kitchetech@gmail.com> To: obrien@freebsd.org Cc: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shells/bash-4.0 port horribly broken Message-ID: <28283d910903160736w6a2a903fo72a56370b7077e2b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <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> <20090313023110.GB49078@dragon.NUXI.org>
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On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:31 PM, David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org> wrote: > 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) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I m not sure if the bash-4.0 port has the current patchset but I know it fixes some issues with $()
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