487685 - cipher.sh does not run properly standalone

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 467553

(NSS :: Test, defect)

Description

[Julien Pierre]

If I run ./cipher.sh on my Solaris 10 x86 machine, it finishes with this error :

cipher.sh: #36: SHA512 Hash  - PASSED
./cipher.sh: syntax error at line 60: `LINES_CNT=$' unexpected

If I run "bash cipher.sh", it finishes properly :

cipher.sh: #36: SHA512 Hash  - PASSED

SUMMARY:
========
NSS variables:
--------------
HOST=monstre
DOMSUF=red.iplanet.com
BUILD_OPT=
USE_64=
NSS_CYCLES=""
NSS_TESTS=""
NSS_SSL_TESTS=""
NSS_SSL_RUN=""
NSS_AIA_PATH=
NSS_AIA_HTTP=
NSS_AIA_OCSP=

Tests summary:
--------------
Passed:             36
Failed:             0
Failed with core:   0
Unknown status:     0

That's because the script depends on the use of bash, a POSIX shell, but isn't compatible with the Solaris shell.

I think the first line of this script should be changed to
#!/bin/bash

We also may want to do the same for all other test scripts.

Comment 1

[Nelson Bolyard (seldom reads bugmail)]

I believe this is a duplicate of bug 467553.
This particular problem is one of several problems covered by that bug.

Comment 2

[Julien Pierre]

You are right. I wish this trivial problem had been fixed by now.