[Reproduce-devel] [bug #56296] download-multi-try using Bash features, but not explicity requesting it

[Mohammad Akhlaghi]

URL:
  <https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?56296>

                 Summary: download-multi-try using Bash features, but not
explicity requesting it
                 Project: Reproducible paper template
            Submitted by: makhlaghi
            Submitted on: Thu 09 May 2019 04:04:02 PM BST
                Category: Software
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Output not reasonable
                  Status: In Progress
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: makhlaghi
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

The `download-multi-try' script assumes GNU Bash features (when comparing the
number of attempts at downloading), but it isn't explicitly asking the called
to be run with Bash. As a result, when weaker shells are used (like the
default Debian minimalist `dash' shell) the `>' ("larger than" operator in
math context) is interpreted a redirection and two extra files are created:
`1' and `maxcount'!




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