Opened 4 weeks ago

Last modified 4 weeks ago

#60645 new defect

app PortGroup specifies using bash, but Catalina no longer uses bash

Reported by: kencu (Ken) Owned by:
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: ports Version:
Keywords: Cc:
Port:

Description

The app PortGroup currently generates a launch script like this: 

#!/bin/bash
export PATH="/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH"
exec /opt/local/bin/gedit

but now that Catalina doesn't use bash we may have to change that to 

#!/bin/sh
export PATH="/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH"
exec /opt/local/bin/gedit

or perhaps there is a better method.

Change History (2)

comment:1 Changed 4 weeks ago by kencu (Ken)

Summary: app PortGroup → app PortGroup specifies using bash, but Catalina no longer uses bash

comment:2 Changed 4 weeks ago by ryandesign (Ryan Schmidt)

/bin/bash still exists on Catalina so there is no urgent need to change anything. Perhaps it will disappear in a future version of macOS.

Presumably the script is simple enough and POSIX-compliant enough that we should be specifying /bin/sh instead. But if the portgroup's script generation is changed, all ports that use that script generation should have their revisions increased.

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