[Issue 19451] install.sh script assumes bash interpreter, but FreeBSD does not include bash by default

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Fri Nov 27 18:46:07 UTC 2020


https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19451

Vladimir Panteleev <dlang-bugzilla at thecybershadow.net> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |dlang-bugzilla at thecybershad
                   |                            |ow.net
          Component|dlang.org                   |installer
           Hardware|x86                         |All
                 OS|Mac OS X                    |FreeBSD

--- Comment #1 from Vladimir Panteleev <dlang-bugzilla at thecybershadow.net> ---
(In reply to andrew.pennebaker from comment #0)
> Could we rewrite this script in pure POSIX sh, for a more portable UNIX
> installer?

Unlikely, POSIX shell has much fewer features compared to bash, so this would
make the script significantly more complicated and bug-prone.

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