Bug 410625 – sys-apps/portage-2.1.10.54 and 2.2.0_alpha98: 'bad substitution' error for profile.env

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Portage Development

[Description Michael 2012-04-03 06:19:24 UTC]

If in some file from /etc/env.d there is line, like that
    LESS_TERMCAP_mb='$\E[01;31m'
env-update is putting in profile.env line
    export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\E[01;31m'

causing every portage tool to warning like that:
    "/etc/profile.env", line 18: $: bad substitution


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install sys-apps/portage-2.1.10.54
2. put in some file in /etc/env.d/ line "LESS_TERMCAP_mb='$\E[01;31m'"
3. env-update
4. emerge
Actual Results:  
warning 
    "/etc/profile.env", line 18: $: bad substitution

Expected Results:  
no warning

[Comment 1 Zac Medico 2012-04-03 06:40:20 UTC]

Are you sure that LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\E[01;31m' is correct?

If I google for LESS_TERMCAP_mb, the first few results show everyone using LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\E[01;31m' instead. If I put what everyone else is using in /etc/env.d, then it seems to work and I don't get any warning.

[Comment 2 Zac Medico 2012-04-03 06:44:56 UTC]

(In reply to comment #1)
Nevermind, I'm getting the warning now. Will fix...

[Comment 3 Zac Medico 2012-04-03 06:53:22 UTC]

This is fixed in git:

http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=ed8a457e265ea1c23b66aeb12d00f1abd3d79e60

[Comment 4 Zac Medico 2012-04-03 07:08:07 UTC]

This is fixed in 2.1.10.55 and 2.2.0_alpha99.

[Comment 5 Michael 2012-04-03 07:26:34 UTC]

thanks for quick feedback (: