Re: FAILED test-ob-shell/bash-uses-assoc-arrays

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> writes:

>>>>> My guess is that GPLv2 BASH on macOS does not support associative
>>>>> arrays. Perhaps these tests should be skipped if BASH_VERSION is not
>>>>> fresh enough (not supplied by Apple).
>> 
>> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/?id=e4ab416fc
>
> Feature detection should be more reliable.
>
> ;; Old GPLv2 BASH in macOSX does not support associative arrays.
> (if-let ((bash (executable-find "bash")))
>      (eq 0 (process-file
> 	   bash nil nil nil
> 	   "-c" "declare -A assoc_array")))
>
> Even version check may be performed by shell
>
> (if-let ((bash (executable-find "bash")))
>      (eq 0 (process-file
> 	   bash nil nil nil
> 	   "-c" "[ ${BASH_VERSINFO[0]} -ge 4 ]")))

Feel free to submit a patch.
It is a marginal improvement I will be happy to merge, if a patch is
provided.

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