Bug 115150 – Syntax error in rc-daemon.sh and init scripts (net.lo, ...) when using bash-3.1

• Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 115142
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Merlin 2005-12-10 19:51:00 UTC]

When using bash-3.1, the init scripts report a syntax error at line 328 of
/lib/rcscripts/sh/rc-daemon.sh : syntax error near unexpected token '('.

The same error appear in /etc/init.d/net.lo.
Reverting to bash-3.0-r14 solves the problem

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Emerging bash-3.1
2. /etc/init.d/net.lo restart

Actual Results:  
/lib/rcscripts/sh/rc-daemon.sh : line 328: syntax error near unexpected token '('
/lib/rcscripts/sh/rc-daemon.sh : line 328: `     local -a RC_DAEMONS=()
RC_PIDFILES=()'
/etc/init.d/net.lo: line 286: syntax error near unexpected token '('
/etc/init.d/net.lo: line 286: `local -a provide=() provide_list=() after=()
dead=() sorted=() sortedp=()'
* ERROR: "/etc/init.d/net.lo" has syntax errors in it; aborting ...

Expected Results:  
* Stopping lo
*  Bringing down lo
*    Shutting down lo      [ok]
* Starting lo
*  Bringing up lo
*    127.0.0.1/8           [ok]
*  Adding routes
*    127.0.0.0/8           [ok]

[Comment 1 Gordon Stratton 2005-12-10 19:58:06 UTC]

Same errors in many, if not most init scripts.  Agreed that bash 3.1 breaks it,
and a downgrade to bash 3.0 fixes it.

[Comment 2 Gabriel Devenyi 2005-12-10 21:15:40 UTC]

It isn't fun when an update makes your system nearly unbootable, why did 
bash-3.1 change the syntax in such a broken way? 

[Comment 3 Paul Bredbury 2005-12-11 00:57:29 UTC]

It sounds like bash-3.1 should be hard-masked, since it breaks baselayout.

This is discussed at http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-411479.html

[Comment 4 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2005-12-11 01:59:37 UTC]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 115142 ***