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Bug 316555

Summary:	jetty.sh throws errors/warnings in older bash versions
Product:	[RT] Jetty	Reporter:	Joakim Erdfelt <joakim.erdfelt>
Component:	server	Assignee:	Joakim Erdfelt <joakim.erdfelt>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	jetty-inbox
Version:	7.1.3
Target Milestone:	7.0.2.RC0
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:

Description Joakim Erdfelt

2010-06-10 19:13:31 EDT

We see the following errors / warnings when using jetty.sh with an older version of bash.

expr: warning: unportable BRE: `^#': using `^' as the first character
of the basic regular expression is not portable; it is being ignored
expr: warning: unportable BRE: `^#': using `^' as the first character
of the basic regular expression is not portable; it is being ignored
expr: warning: unportable BRE: `^#': using `^' as the first character
of the basic regular expression is not portable; it is being ignored


Bash 3.1.17
Fedora Core 5 (x86 version)

Comment 1 Joakim Erdfelt

2010-06-10 19:14:22 EDT

The root cause is a flaw in the expr syntax to skip comments in the etc/jetty.conf file, not in the bash script syntax.

Comment 2 Joakim Erdfelt

2010-06-10 19:17:33 EDT

Fixed in trunk revision 1990