171901 – firefox fails to build on amd64 when /bin/sh is not bash

Bug 171901 - firefox fails to build on amd64 when /bin/sh is not bash

Summary: firefox fails to build on amd64 when /bin/sh is not bash

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	AMD64 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Mozilla Gentoo Team

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Reported:	2007-03-23 09:55 UTC by Roy Marples (RETIRED)
Modified:	2007-04-08 17:59 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Use = instead of == for test (moz-configure.patch,1.08 KB, patch) 2007-03-23 09:56 UTC, Roy Marples (RETIRED)	Details \| Diff
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Description Roy Marples (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-03-23 09:55:38 UTC

As is uses test .. ==

== is a bashism. Patch to follow.

Comment 1 Roy Marples (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-03-23 09:56:14 UTC

Created attachment 114110 [details, diff]
Use = instead of == for test

Comment 2 Raúl Porcel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-03-23 14:42:16 UTC

I guess this affects all the mozilla products?

Comment 3 Roy Marples (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-03-23 15:01:29 UTC

If they use the same configure logic, then probably yes.

Note, this should only affect AMD64 users as it's to get around a relocation bug which is similar to the one described here.

http://benjamin.smedbergs.us/blog/2005-10-27/gcc-40-workaround/

Comment 4 Raúl Porcel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-04-08 17:59:40 UTC

Uh, this was done...