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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD?
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2017 21:07:55
Message-Id: 20170729220731.171fe10f@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD? by "Ста Деюс"
1 On Sat, 29 Jul 2017 18:26:47 +0700, Ста Деюс wrote:
2
3 > > > How do you know that the contents of the script are not relevant
4 > > > when you
5 > > don't know what the problem is? It is also useful to know the exact
6 >
7 > Mathematics (mother of computers) answers: 1+1=2. -- Meaning: same
8 > script w/ the same bash gets same execution.
9
10 Except it's not the same bash, you stated that they are different
11 versions.
12
13 > > version of bash in use on each system. There are subtle differences,
14 > > and bugs, between bash versions. Your script may be tripping up on
15 > > one of these.
16 >
17 > Alright. Here is an example of the problematic line from the point
18 > of view of "Gentoo's" bash:
19
20 This is what was asked for from the start, and as soon as you provided
21 it, several people identified a potential problem. It's no use saying
22 "this doesn't work" if you don't specify "this".
23
24
25 --
26 Neil Bothwick
27
28 Walking on water and writing software to specification is easy if they're
29 frozen.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Why bash script, that works in "Debian", does not work on "Gentoo" install CD? "Ста Деюс" <sthu.deus@×××××××××××.org>