Arch Linux

On my system /bin/sh points to ash, when I install a package that contains an install script I get an error because pacman uses 'source' to include the install script. 'source' is bash specific and isn't supported by sh compliant shells.

Below is a patch that fixes the problem by calling /bin/bash instead. The patch is against pacman-2.9.6.

--- pacman-2.9.6/src/pacman.c.orig 2005-07-08 00:35:57.000000000 +0000
+++ pacman-2.9.6/src/pacman.c 2005-07-08 00:37:34.000000000 +0000
@@ -3374,10 +3374,10 @@

vprint("Executing %s script...\n", script);
if(oldver) {
- snprintf(cmdline, PATH_MAX, "echo \"umask 0022; source %s %s %s %s\" | /usr/sbin/chroot %s /bin/sh",
+ snprintf(cmdline, PATH_MAX, "echo \"umask 0022; source %s %s %s %s\" | /usr/sbin/chroot %s /bin/bash",
scriptpath, script, ver, oldver, pmo_root);
} else {
- snprintf(cmdline, PATH_MAX, "echo \"umask 0022; source %s %s %s\" | /usr/sbin/chroot %s /bin/sh",
+ snprintf(cmdline, PATH_MAX, "echo \"umask 0022; source %s %s %s\" | /usr/sbin/chroot %s /bin/bash",
scriptpath, script, ver, pmo_root);
}
vprint("%s\n", cmdline);