Bug 58687

Summary:	Installer: check for bash in Terminal.app.
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Ian Spivey <ispivey>
Component:	[OLD] Development	Assignee:	osx porters <osx>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal	CC:	osx, zx
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Ian Spivey 2004-07-28 11:46:14 UTC

Gentoo for OS X installer doesn't check to make sure you're using bash in Terminal.app.  If you're using tcsh, bootstrapping will work but emerge system won't, obviously.  Since tcsh is the default Terminal.app shell, it would be useful to check the current shell during Gentoo for OS X installation or bootstrapping, and output a warning/instructions to fix the shell.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Terminal.app properties.
2. Set default shell to /bin/tcsh, if it isn't already set, and hit OK.
3. Open a new Terminal.app.
4. Type "emerge system".  You'll note that the command is not found.
5. Type "source /etc/profile".

Actual Results:  
tcsh complains about not understanding the bash config file syntax.

Expected Results:  
told me that I can't be using tcsh.

Comment 1 Pieter Van den Abeele (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-09-24 19:16:56 UTC

Thnxs for the input. We hope to include something that warns the user in the next installer.

Comment 2 Hasan Khalil (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-01-19 18:50:03 UTC

pvdabeel: status update on this?

Comment 3 Kito (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-09-16 18:33:23 UTC

I don't think this is relevant any longer, a) Apple ships with bash as the default shell now b) it shouldn't 
matter what the users shell is anyway, portage will still use bash.