[Cin] Build update

mat mnieuw at zap.a2000.nl
Mon Apr 4 17:28:32 CEST 2022


On Mon, 2022-04-04 at 18:24 +0300, Andrew Randrianasulu wrote:
> 
> 
> On Monday, April 4, 2022, mat <mnieuw at zap.a2000.nl> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2022-04-04 at 17:30 +0300, Andrew Randrianasulu wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Monday, April 4, 2022, mat <mnieuw at zap.a2000.nl> wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 2022-04-04 at 16:18 +0300, Andrew Randrianasulu wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Monday, April 4, 2022, <mnieuw at zap.a2000.nl> wrote:
> > > > > > Hi Andrew,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > In configure.ac is a test for Android with "uname -o" .
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > The -o option is not available in macOS. On Linux and
> > > > > > macOS, simply
> > > > > > "uname" returns the OS name (Linux or Darwin). Does this
> > > > > > work for
> > > > > > Termux too (returning Android or at least something where
> > > > > > you can act
> > > > > > on)?
> > > > > 
> > > > > yeah, 'uname -o' also does not work on netbsd. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > on termux I have
> > > > > 
> > > > > $ uname -o
> > > > > Android
> > > > > $ uname
> > > > > Linux
> > > > > $
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Ok, then a test first with "uname" seems best, if it does not
> > > > return "Darwin" then "uname -o" . I can test freeBSD too.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > anyway, on some linux systems (void linux) default shell also
> > > > > dislikes += constructs, and I hand-edit configure as created
> > > > > by ./autogen.sh  there.. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > thing  is, bash can be for example in/usr/pkg/bin, (netbsd)
> > > > > or in some other location. not sure how to convince autotools
> > > > > to search for bash and put this (non-default) interpreter at
> > > > > very first line in our configure...
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I think many of the thirdparty stuff only works properly with
> > > > bash too.
> > > > So we should detect which system we're running on and make sure
> > > > bash is the shell.
> > > > Or, if there is no /bin/bash, stop the process. If /bin/bash is
> > > > missing, then probably more too.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > thing is, bash can be instalked by default in some other place.
> > > some say to use '/usr/bin/env bash' instead.. 
> > > 
> > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16365130/what-is-the-difference-between-usr-bin-env-bash-and-usr-bin-bash
> > > 
> > 
> > What about putting this in the beginning of bld.sh and
> > bld_appimage.sh, just after the
> > #! /bin/bash 
> > 
> > if [ $SHELL != /bin/bash" ] ; then
> > echo "Having shell /bin/bash is mandatory"
> > echo "Stopping build"
> > exit
> > fi
> > 
> 
> 
> apparently user shell and software building shell can be different
> things... 
> 
> https://openindiana.org/pipermail/openindiana-discuss/2021-January/023434.html
> 
> i tried 'which bash' and it outputs correct path to bash on termux.
> does it work for Apple/Freebsd? 
> 
Will check on macOS and freeBSD.


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