[MAGNOLIA-3570] setenv.sh posix incompatibility Created: 27/Feb/11 Updated: 12/Sep/11 Resolved: 03/Jun/11 |
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| Status: | Closed |
| Project: | Magnolia |
| Component/s: | build |
| Affects Version/s: | 4.4.2 |
| Fix Version/s: | 4.4.5 |
| Type: | Bug | Priority: | Minor |
| Reporter: | Mike Stoddart | Assignee: | Daniel Lipp |
| Resolution: | Fixed | Votes: | 1 |
| Labels: | None | ||
| Remaining Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
| Time Spent: | Not Specified | ||
| Original Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
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Ubuntu 10.10 |
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I tried to start Magnolia on Ubuntu 10.10 and I got the following error: [: 15: -a: unexpected operator I got the following response from someone on the mailing list: Seems that it is a shell issue with setenv.sh, not actually magnolia_control.sh. When you run magnolia_control.sh it actually invokes startup.sh which in turn invokes setenv.sh. If you look inside setenv.sh, there is the following: if [ -a "${CURDIR}/magnolia_banner.txt" ] ; then As far as I'm aware the "-a" option is not a valid file test parameter in Dash, which is the shell invoked by /bin/sh in Ubuntu 10.10. You get the same problem if you explicitly invoke the startup script with another shell such as Bash, which doesn't have the -a option either. I don't think it is causing any problems, as it is only trying to display the Magnolia Banner text. |
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| Comment by Zdenek Skodik [ 28/Feb/11 ] |
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Thanks for the report. I'm able to reproduce it at Ubuntu 10.04. I assume you're able to start it up and use Magnolia CMS without any further problems, do you? |
| Comment by Mike Stoddart [ 28/Feb/11 ] |
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I didn't have time to try it again over the weekend and I use Fedora 12 at work. So I'll have to try it again tonight. Thanks |
| Comment by Magnolia International [ 01/Mar/11 ] |
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Rob Blake was the person who pointed out the -a problem. My reply: I found the -a test here: http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/sect_07_01.html - and assumed it was standard. Is there an alternative ? It does work on my GNU bash, version 3.2.48(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin10.0) |
| Comment by Magnolia International [ 01/Mar/11 ] |
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Okay, looks like [ -f ... ] should do the trick. Thanks for the report Mike; thanks Rob for the investigation ! |
| Comment by Magnolia International [ 01/Mar/11 ] |
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or -e |