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Subject: Re: /bin/sh in configure tests
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:17:42 +0100
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To: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
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Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> skribis:

> A package I am trying to build contains the following lines in its=20
> configure:
>
> case `/bin/sh -c "echo -n x"` in
> -n*)
>   case `/bin/sh -c "echo 'x\c'"` in
> ...
>
> Would it make sense to globally add a rule to patch-shebangs so that
> "`/bin/sh" is replaced? If not, how can this be handled?

If by globally you mean in gnu-build-system.scm, then I think that may
be too risky.

But in the package itself, you can add a phase that does:

  (substitute* "configure"
    (("`/bin/sh")
     (string-append "`" (which "bash"))))

HTH,
Ludo=E2=80=99.