Bug 1464696 - ksh login shell problem sourcing profile scripts
Summary: ksh login shell problem sourcing profile scripts
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: scl-utils
Version: 26
Hardware: noarch
OS: Linux
unspecified
low
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Assignee: Panu Matilainen
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-06-24 17:01 UTC by Axel
Modified: 2018-05-29 11:32 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-05-29 11:32:09 UTC
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Description Axel 2017-06-24 17:01:55 UTC
Description of problem:

When using ksh as a login shell a profile script gives a syntax error which results in an incomplete environment.

The profile script in question is /etc/profile.d/scl-init.sh which starts with:

function scl()

which in ksh is not supported. Deleting the word 'function' or removing the () should fix this.

I also wonder what the policy is regarding 'bashisms' in these scripts, it seems only bash and zsh are supported? Otherwise there are some others which should be written more portable (trying 'dash' as a shell will show these).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Name         : ksh
Version      : 20120801
Release      : 35.fc26
Arch         : x86_64
Size         : 3.2 M
Source       : ksh-20120801-35.fc26.src.rpm
Repo         : @System
From repo    : updates-testing


How reproducible:

Install ksh and type: SHELL=/bin/ksh ksh -l


Actual results:
Syntax error

Expected results:
no syntax error

Comment 1 Siteshwar Vashisht 2017-06-25 14:54:58 UTC
'/etc/profile.d/scl-init.sh' script belongs to scl-utils package. Moving this bug to scl-utils component.

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