Error installing on MacBook 1,1

[therealsmudley]

Hello,
When trying to install my MacBook 1,1 I get this error no matter what I do.

/Volumes/NO NAME/refind-install: line 1397: conditional binary operator expected
/Volumes/NO NAME/refind-install: line 1397: syntax error near `=~'
/Volumes/NO NAME/refind-install: line 1397: `         if [[ "$FirstCmdlineOption" =~ (vmlinuz|bzImage|kernel) ]] ; then'

I appreciate any help/ideas

[joevt]

What OS and OS version and shell version are you using?

$SHELL --version

[therealsmudley]

@joevt
Thanks for the reply
Productname: Max OS X
Productversion: 10.4.11
$SHELL /bin/bash

[joevt]

I think bash in Mac OS X 10.4.11 doesn't like =~ (vmlinuz|bzImage|kernel)
You'll need a different comparison method there.

[joevt]

Maybe use perl?

if perl -nE 'exit !(/vmlinuz|bzImage|kernel/)' <<< "$FirstCmdlineOption"; then

[therealsmudley]

@jovet
I'm not new to programming, but I'm not fluent in any specific programming language.
With that said, I would need more detailed instructions where to make edits in the original script.

Regards,

Paul Jurkonis

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Paul Jurkonis

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-------- Original Message --------
On May 16, 2024, 8:09 AM, joevt wrote:

Maybe use perl?

if

perl

-

nE

'exit !(/vmlinuz|bzImage|kernel/)'

<<<

"$FirstCmdlineOption"

; then

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[joevt]

I haven't looked at the script, but I suspect you want to replace line 1397 with the line I provided.
Then you may wish to search for any other occurrances of =~ to see if they also need to be changed.

But before doing that, test the replacement to make sure it works with your shell version.

testit () {
    if perl -nE 'exit !(/vmlinuz|bzImage|kernel/)' <<< "$FirstCmdlineOption"; then
        echo match
    else
        echo nomatch
    fi
}
FirstCmdlineOption=vmlinuz ; testit
FirstCmdlineOption=bzImage ; testit
FirstCmdlineOption=kernel ; testit
FirstCmdlineOption=aaaavmlinuzaaaa ; testit
FirstCmdlineOption=aaaabzImageaaaa ; testit
FirstCmdlineOption=aaaakernelaaaaa ; testit
FirstCmdlineOption=bbbbbb ; testit

[therealsmudley]

@joevt
this is what happens when I run in Bash and Perl

**Bash:**

PALMACPRO:~ myName$ /Users/ myName /Desktop/new  'Users/ myName /Desktop/new: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `{ 'Users/ myName /Desktop/new: line 1: `testit () { PALMACPRO:~ myName $   

**Perl:** 
PALMACPRO:~/desktop myName $ perl -w new Unquoted string "perl" may clash with future reserved word at new line 2. String found where operator expected at new line 2, near "nE 'exit !(/vmlinuz|bzImage|kernel/)'"         (Do you need to predeclare nE?) syntax error at new line 1, near ") {" Unterminated <> operator at new line 2.

[joevt]

Correction: To work in Mac OS X 10.4.11 or 10.5.8, replace -nE with -ne.

I have no idea how you got those errors. It's a bash script that uses perl so no reason to try it in perl. Just copy and paste it into Terminal.app.

In Mac OS X 10.4.11, perl -v says I have v5.8.6

[therealsmudley]

@joevt
I made the change, -nE to -ne.
I ran it through bash
this is the error;

/Users/myName/Desktop/new.bash: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token'`{ 
'Users/myName/Desktop/new.bash: line 1: `testit () { 

[joevt]

Maybe you can show me how you are running it through bash.
In my tests, I just copy and paste the text into a Terminal.app window.

[therealsmudley]

Yes, that's exactly what I do.
Copy and paste then press enter to execute.

Regards,

Paul Jurkonis

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On May 19, 2024, 7:58 PM, joevt wrote:

Maybe you can show me how you are running it through bash.
In my tests, I just copy and paste the text into a Terminal.app window.

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[joevt]

I'm using 10.4.11 on a PowerPC Mac but it should be the same as an Intel Mac.

Here's the output when I paste the text (I removed the tabs to be safe):

JoeG5:~ joevt$ echo $BASH_VERSION
2.05b.0(1)-release
JoeG5:~ joevt$ testit () {
> if perl -ne 'exit !(/vmlinuz|bzImage|kernel/)' <<< "$FirstCmdlineOption"; then
> echo match
> else
> echo nomatch
> fi
> }
JoeG5:~ joevt$ FirstCmdlineOption=vmlinuz ; testit
match
JoeG5:~ joevt$ FirstCmdlineOption=bzImage ; testit
match
JoeG5:~ joevt$ FirstCmdlineOption=kernel ; testit
match
JoeG5:~ joevt$ FirstCmdlineOption=aaaavmlinuzaaaa ; testit
match
JoeG5:~ joevt$ FirstCmdlineOption=aaaabzImageaaaa ; testit
match
JoeG5:~ joevt$ FirstCmdlineOption=aaaakernelaaaaa ; testit
match
JoeG5:~ joevt$ FirstCmdlineOption=bbbbbb ; testit
nomatch
JoeG5:~ joevt$ 

This is another method where I put the text into a file and used source to evaluate it:

JoeG5:~ joevt$ source /Users/joevt/Documents/bashtest.txt 
match
match
match
match
match
match
nomatch

sh should give a similar result:

JoeG5:~ joevt$ sh /Users/joevt/Documents/bashtest.txt