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Bug 356686 - AutotoolsNewMakeGenerator and InvokeAction assume sh is bash
Summary: AutotoolsNewMakeGenerator and InvokeAction assume sh is bash
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 371277
Alias: None
Product: CDT
Classification: Tools
Component: cdt-autotools (show other bugs)
Version: 8.1.0   Edit
Hardware: PC Linux
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Jeff Johnston CLA
QA Contact: Jeff Johnston CLA
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Reported: 2011-09-04 16:50 EDT by Rusty Burchfield CLA
Modified: 2012-07-19 17:24 EDT (History)
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Patch to change SHELL_COMMAND constants from "sh" to "bash". (2.17 KB, patch)
2011-09-04 16:50 EDT, Rusty Burchfield CLA 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Rusty Burchfield CLA 2011-09-04 16:50:07 EDT 
Created attachment 202723 [details]
Patch to change SHELL_COMMAND constants from "sh" to "bash".

The autotools command execution in these classes assume sh is bash.
org.eclipse.linuxtools.internal.cdt.autotools.core.AutotoolsNewMakeGenerator
org.eclipse.linuxtools.internal.cdt.autotools.ui.actions.InvokeAction

For example:
http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/m/695287/

Notably, sh is not bash on Ubuntu.

The attached patch "fixes" the problem by specifying bash explicitly.  Though, I am not sure why a shell is needed in the first place.

This may or may not cause issues with the Windows compatibility code contained in these files.
Comment 1 Jeff Johnston CLA 2012-07-19 17:24:17 EDT 
The command processing in Autotools has been changed to use sh -c for all commands to work on Ubuntu.  See: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=371277

Closing as duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 371277 ***