Re: [PATCH] Export SHELL before invoking lineno.sh

Andrew Burgess <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:38:18 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gdb.patches
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Tom Tromey <[email protected]> writes:

> A user reported that building the sim failed, because their shell was
> not sh-compatible.  In particular, lineno.sh uses $SHELL to invoke
> another script.
>
> This patch arranges for SHELL to be exported when invoking lineno.sh,
> ensuring that the correct shell is used.

LGTM.

Approved-By: Andrew Burgess <[email protected]>

Thanks,
Andrew

>
> Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34407
> ---
>  sim/Makefile.in     | 2 +-
>  sim/common/local.mk | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/sim/Makefile.in b/sim/Makefile.in
> index 5438d778a3f..1f9bbfec03f 100644
> --- a/sim/Makefile.in
> +++ b/sim/Makefile.in
> @@ -1994,7 +1994,7 @@ CGEN_GEN_CPU_DESC = \
>  		$(CGEN_ARCHFILE) ignored $$opcfile
>  
>  CGEN_GEN_MLOOP = \
> -	$(SHELL) $(srccom)/lineno.sh \
> +	SHELL=$(SHELL) $(SHELL) $(srccom)/lineno.sh \
>  		$(srccom)/genmloop.sh \
>  		[email protected] \
>  		-shell $(SHELL) -awk $(AWK) -lineno $(srccom)/lineno.sh \
> diff --git a/sim/common/local.mk b/sim/common/local.mk
> index 01712aee98d..f765cf57fea 100644
> --- a/sim/common/local.mk
> +++ b/sim/common/local.mk
> @@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ CGEN_GEN_CPU_DESC = \
>  		$(CGEN_ARCHFILE) ignored $$opcfile
>  
>  CGEN_GEN_MLOOP = \
> -	$(SHELL) $(srccom)/lineno.sh \
> +	SHELL=$(SHELL) $(SHELL) $(srccom)/lineno.sh \
>  		$(srccom)/genmloop.sh \
>  		[email protected] \
>  		-shell $(SHELL) -awk $(AWK) -lineno $(srccom)/lineno.sh \
>
> base-commit: 293f50b84a9664213fde309e2dc51a49d719029c
> -- 
> 2.55.0