testsilock and maybe other sh testing code not posix compliant

Ubuntu uses /bin/dash in place of /bin/sh. But, most /bin/sh are really /bin/bash. Most of silo's tests that use scripts work fine on /bin/bash but may contain bashisms and other nonposix-compliant shell code that will fail on ubunto. Test everything with dash.

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Ticket number: 650
Status: New
Project: VisIt
Tracker: Bug
Priority: Normal
Subject: testsilock and maybe other sh testing code not posix compliant
Assigned to: -
Category: -
Target version: -
Author: Mark Miller
Start: 03/14/2011
Due date:
% Done: 0%
Estimated time:
Created: 03/14/2011 10:59 pm
Updated:
Likelihood: 3 - Occasional
Severity: 2 - Minor Irritation
Found in version: 4.8
Impact:
Expected Use:
OS: All
Support Group: Any
Description:
Ubuntu uses /bin/dash in place of /bin/sh. But, most /bin/sh are really /bin/bash. Most of silo's tests that use scripts work fine on /bin/bash but may contain bashisms and other nonposix-compliant shell code that will fail on ubunto. Test everything with dash.

Comments:

Start with the testsilock script and identify the other shell-based test scripts referenced by the issue. Run the test suite using dash as /bin/sh, then inspect any failures for non-POSIX shell usage. Done means the relevant tests pass under dash as well as bash.