Re: [Mingw-users] Unable to run x86-mingw32-build.sh on ubuntu

[Bryan W. <bre...@gm...>]

On 28 July 2017 at 05:32, Paul Hentschel <hpm...@ch...> wrote:

> >When I run x86-mingw32-build.sh I get an error:
> >$ sh x86-mingw32-build.sh i586-pc-mingw32
> >x86-mingw32-build.sh: 130: /[XXX]/x86-mingw32-build-1.0/
> x86-mingw32-build.sh.functions:
> >Syntax error: Bad function name
>
> Check and see if /bin/sh is a symbolic link to dash instead of bash. If it
> is, try changing
> it to point to bash instead.
>
> Paul
>
> This is indeed the case - /bin/sh does (correctly, apparently) point to
dash.
And taking into account that
*The Debian policy manual has long mandated that "shell scripts specifying
'/bin/sh' as interpreter must only use POSIX features"*(
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh)
then IMO, because the mingw32 script seems to break the rules, changing
where /bin/sh points is *The Wrong Fix(R)*.
To me it makes sense to change the mingw32 scripts to use bash, rather than
risking any of my other scripts behaving unexpectedly. You see, I do not
intend for my computer to become a single-use cross-compiler; I want a
general purpose computer that will continue working with my existing
applications.

So, *I will change x86-mingw32-build.sh & x86-mingw32-build.sh.version to
start '#!/bin/bash' rather than '#!/bin/sh'* and see how it goes.
If you know of problems taking this approach, please advise, so I can
consider building a separate environment to do the cross compiling.
Then again, if I'm going to create another environment, I may as well just
use Windows itself and save having to cross-compile (which somewhat defeats
the purpose of what mingw32 is trying to achieve).

Brewmanz