Re: Question about inline code / incompatibility between FreeBSD sh and bash

[Andreas Schwab]

"Garrett Cooper" <yanegomi@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>      Sorry for emailing this list, but neither the GNU indexed
> homepage nor the actual project page listed any other email address.
>      I'm trying to determine whether or not this is an implicit bug or
> a feature of BSD bourne shell (in particular FreeBSD's sh):
>      When I try and execute `portsnap fetch update' [1], things go
> through as the author intended. However, using `bash portsnap fetch
> update' I get the following error message:
>
> /usr/sbin/portsnap: portsnap: line 882: syntax error near unexpected
> token `newline'
> /usr/sbin/portsnap: portsnap: line 882: `       if !'
>
>      The incompatible section of code (at least the one that bash
> barfs on -- I say that because there are a few similar sections IIRC)
> is:
>
>         if !

POSIX does not allow a newline between ! and the command, see
<http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html#tag_02_10_02>.

Andreas.

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