[jira] [Work started] (KARAF-4566) "karaf" script invokes /bin/sh but requires /bin/bash functions

["Jean-Baptiste Onofré (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KARAF-4566?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Work on KARAF-4566 started by Jean-Baptiste Onofré.
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>  "karaf" script invokes /bin/sh but requires /bin/bash functions
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>                 Key: KARAF-4566
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KARAF-4566
>             Project: Karaf
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: karaf-core
>    Affects Versions: 3.0.6
>         Environment: Solaris (SunOS solaris11.3 5.11 11.3 i86pc i386 i86pc)
>            Reporter: Alexis de Talhouët
>            Assignee: Jean-Baptiste Onofré
>             Fix For: 4.1.0, 3.0.7, 4.0.6
>
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> The bin/karaf script uses the "local" command which is a shell builtin of bash and similar shells, but is not required for POSIX-compliance in sh. When I attempt to run karaf on a Solaris system, I see the following output:
> root@solaris:/opendaylight/bin# ./karaf
> ./karaf[172]: local: not found [No such file or directory]
> ./karaf[182]: local: not found [No such file or directory]
> ./karaf[183]: local: not found [No such file or directory]
> Lines 172, 182 and 183 invoke "local" to make local variables to the function. According to "man bash", this is a shell builtin. However, bin/karaf is invoked as:
> #!/bin/sh
> On most flavors of linux, this resolves to bash or dash which probably runs in a restricted environment after checking to see that its $0 is sh. But on Solaris's /bin/sh is actually ksh93 for backwards compatibility.
> Since "local" is not part of a POSIX-compliant /bin/sh, depending on it in a script that is invoked with /bin/sh is a bug.
> (this explaination is borrowed from https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-5852)



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