Re: [Mingw-msys] bash syntax under msys

[Earnie B. <ea...@us...>]

Magnus Damm wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have tried "MSYS-1.0.10-rc2.exe" and I must say it is very neat. Thanks!
> However, I run into trouble when executing this line of code under bash:
> 
> { case foo in esac }
> sh: syntax error near unexpected token `}'
> 
> If I insert a ";" between "esac" and "}", then bash under MSYS is satisfied:
> 
> { case foo in esac ; }
> 
> Below is a list of platforms and their status:
> 
> Platform		Trouble		Shell	--version	
> 
> Suse 8.0 on x86		No		bash	2.05.0(1)-release (i386-suse-linux)
> Cygwin			No		ash	n/a
> Gentoo Linux on PPC	No		bash	2.05b.0(1)-release (powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu)
> Gentoo Linux on x86	No		bash	2.05b.0(1)-release (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
> OpenBSD-3.2 on PPC	No		pdsh	n/a
> MSYS-1.0.10-rc2		Yes		bash	2.04.0(1)-release (i686-pc-msys)
> 
> Every platform except msys supports my code as you can see above.
> Maybe I'm not using correct bourne-shell grammar, but why does the other shells
> accept the first variant of code if so? Maybe it's related to some kind of
> configure option or POSIX or something, I don't know.
> 
> Any clues?
> 

It was a bug in the 2.04 version I'm using.  I'll be looking at updating 
to current versions in a future release beginning with version 1.1.0 of 
MSYS.  If you find the relative fix, I would consider applying it to the 
MSYS version of 2.04 for a 1.0.11 release.

Earnie
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