Re: Fix output-distance tests (issue 569540043 by address@hidden)

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 5:10 PM David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> address@hidden writes:
>
> > On 2020/03/14 21:58:52, lemzwerg wrote:
> >> Just skimming the code: LGTM
> >>
> >>
> > https://codereview.appspot.com/569540043/diff/555440061/scripts/build/output-distance.py
> >> File scripts/build/output-distance.py (right):
> >>
> >>
> > https://codereview.appspot.com/569540043/diff/555440061/scripts/build/output-distance.py#newcode66
> >> scripts/build/output-distance.py:66: # explicitly use bash, so we
> > don't get dash
> >> on Ubuntu.
> >> This needs an update of `STEPMAKE_INIT` in `aclocal.m4`.  Right now,
> > AFAICS,
> >> `bash` is optional, and `configure` falls back to whatever is given in
> > the
> >> `SHELL` environment variable.
> >
> > Are there still systems that run without bash that we care about?
>
> MacOSX, FreeBSD?

But for compiling LilyPond you'll need to install a significant set of
dependencies (tex, metafont, bison, flex etc.). I think it is
reasonable for us to require bash as well.

also,
https://www.golem.de/news/apple-macos-wechselt-von-bash-auf-zsh-als-standard-shell-1906-141714.html
suggests that OSX actually uses bash.

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