Re: debugging pkgsrc on Solaris

[Raymond Meyer <raymond.meyer%rambler.ru@localhost>]

On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 23:49:30 +0100
Raymond Meyer <raymond.meyer%rambler.ru@localhost> wrote:

> On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 23:21:15 +0100
> David Laight <david%l8s.co.uk@localhost> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 11:05:07PM +0100, Raymond Meyer wrote:
> > > 
> > > both /usr/bin/ksh and /usr/xpg4/bin/sh result in the same error described
> > > above
> > > 
> > > only when
> > > 
> > > ln -s /usr/bin/bash sh
> > > 
> > > the error goes away
> > 
> > one option might be to replace /bin/sh with (something like):
> > #! /bin/ksh
> > [ -n "$ECHOARGS" ] && echo args: "$@" >>/tmp/arglist
> > exec /bin/sh.save "$@"
> > 
> > Although doing that with 'sh' might generate more output than you want!
> > I also remember someone finding a script that accidentally did a
> > bash-specific variable substitution.
> > 
> > running under 'truss -eaf -vall -wall -rall' (if I remember the args)
> > might generate somthing in the GB of trace.
> > 
> >     David
> > 
> > -- 
> > David Laight: david%l8s.co.uk@localhost
> 
> Thanks, I used truss command:
> 
> 24420:  execve("/bin/sh", 0x00044488, 0x0004C068)  argc = 3
> 24420:   argv: /bin/sh -c
> 24420:    for str in ; do                                /usr/ucb/echo 1>&2
> "ERR OR:" "$str";                                     done
> 
> This is coming from mk/bsd.pkg.mk
> Lines of the following form cause problems, I think:
> 
> #
> # Now print some error messages that we know we should ignore the pkg
> #
> .  if defined(PKG_FAIL_REASON) || defined(PKG_SKIP_REASON)
> .PHONY: do-check-pkg-fail-or-skip-reason
> fetch checksum extract patch configure all build install package \
> update depends do-check-pkg-fail-or-skip-reason:
> .    if defined(SKIP_SILENT)
>         @${DO_NADA}
> .    else
>         @for str in ${PKG_FAIL_REASON}; do                              \
>                 ${ERROR_MSG} "$$str";                                   \
>         done
>         @for str in ${PKG_SKIP_REASON}; do                              \
>                 ${WARNING_MSG} "$$str";                                 \
>         done
> .    endif
> .    if defined(PKG_FAIL_REASON)
>         @${FALSE}
> .    endif
> .  endif # SKIP
> .endif # !NO_SKIP
> 
> What would be a proper fix for this??
> 

Maybe replace 

for str in ${whatever}; do
done

with

for str in ${whatever}
do
done