723452 – sci-libs/libticalcs2-1.1.9 configure error when /bin/sh != bash

Bug 723452 - sci-libs/libticalcs2-1.1.9 configure error when /bin/sh != bash

Summary: sci-libs/libticalcs2-1.1.9 configure error when /bin/sh != bash

Status:	UNCONFIRMED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Science Related Packages

URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:	PATCH

Depends on:
Blocks:	nonbash
	Show dependency tree

Reported:	2020-05-17 00:43 UTC by Matt Whitlock
Modified:	2020-05-18 18:27 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

See Also:
Package list:
Runtime testing required:	---

Attachments
fix-configure-bashism.patch (fix-configure-bashism.patch,516 bytes, patch) 2020-05-17 00:43 UTC, Matt Whitlock	Details \| Diff
View All Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.

Description Matt Whitlock 2020-05-17 00:43:54 UTC

Created attachment 639734 [details, diff]
fix-configure-bashism.patch

libticalcs2's configure.ac contains a Bashism (use of == operator with test built-in). Thus, configure emits an error when /bin/sh is not Bash. This doesn't cause the build to fail outright, but it may be causing misdetection of features.

if test "x$build" == "x$host" ; then

checking for the host compiler... ./configure: 16527: test: xx86_64-pc-linux-gnu: unexpected operator

The attached patch removes the Bashism and allows sci-libs/libticalcs2-1.1.9 to configure without error when /bin/sh is Dash.