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Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:49:00 -0000
From: "han at mijncomputer dot nl" <sourceware-bugzilla@sources.redhat.com>
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Message-ID: <20050329104722.807.han@mijncomputer.nl>
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Subject: [Bug libc/807] New: /usr/bin/ldd depends on bash.
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X-SW-Source: 2005-03/txt/msg00139.txt.bz2
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/usr/bin/ldd contains a bash shebang. Since I don't use bash ldd won't work.

Furthermore the shell I do use trips over the set -o pipefail. This is easily
fixed with the included patch:

--- ldd.orig    2005-03-29 12:35:17.820676992 +0200
+++ ldd 2005-03-29 12:34:36.324985296 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /bin/bash
+#! /bin/sh
 # Copyright (C) 1996-2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 # This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
@@ -116,10 +116,12 @@
 fi
 
 # The following use of cat is needed to make ldd work in SELinux
-# environments where the executed program might not have permissions
-# to write to the console/tty.  But only bash 3.x supports the pipefail
-# option, and we don't bother to handle the case for older bash versions.
-if set -o pipefail 2> /dev/null; then
+# environments where the executed program might not have
+# permissions to write to the console/tty. But only bash 3.x
+# supports the pipefail option, and we don't bother to handle the
+# case for older bash versions.
+if [ "${BASH_VERSION%%.*}" -ge 3 ]; then
+  set -o pipefail
   try_trace() {
     eval $add_env '"$@"' | cat
   }

-- 
           Summary: /usr/bin/ldd depends on bash.
           Product: glibc
           Version: 2.3.4
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: libc
        AssignedTo: gotom at debian dot or dot jp
        ReportedBy: han at mijncomputer dot nl
                CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com


http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=807

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