Bail out if /bin/bash does not exist, or if it is not bash>=3.0.

Force make to use /bin/bash as shell.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ct-ng.in b/ct-ng.in
index 050e1c08..d1a4beec 100644
--- a/ct-ng.in
+++ b/ct-ng.in
@@ -3,8 +3,16 @@
 # Copyright 2006 Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
 
 # Don't print directory as we descend into them
+# Don't use built-in rules, we know what we're doing
 MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory --no-builtin-rules
 
+# Some distributions (eg. Ubuntu) thought it wise to point /bin/sh to
+# a truly POSIX-conforming shell, ash in this case. This is not so good
+# as we, smart (haha!) developers (as smart we ourselves think we are),
+# got used to bashisms, and are enclined to easiness... So force use of
+# bash. (Note: this is ugly, but ./configure checks for it).
+export SHELL=/bin/bash
+
 # This is where ct-ng is.
 # Don't bother to change it other than with a new ./configure!
 CT_NG:=@@CT_BINDIR@@/ct-ng