Re: shtool script syntax error.

[Jamie Komodo <jamie.komodo () gmail com>]

On Mon, 2009-07-20 at 23:08 -0700, Jamie Komodo wrote:

> When installing nmap 5.00 from bzip source (on Ubuntu 8.04.3 ), I get
> an installation error when it tries to install ncat:
>
> Installing Ncat
> ./shtool mkdir -f -p -m
> 755 /usr/local/bin /usr/local/share/ncat /usr/local/share/man/man1
> chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/share/ncat': No such file
> or directory
> make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/home/waydaws/downloads/build/Nmap/nmap-5.00/ncat'
> make: *** [install-ncat] Error 2
>
> ****  Installation failed. Aborting package creation.
>
> There seems to be a syntax error in shtool.  My man page for mkdir has
> no "-f" option.   -p and -m make sense, of course, but -f?
>
> Checking the script...
>
> #   special case: "shtool install -d <dir> [...]" internally
>     #   maps to "shtool mkdir -f -p -m 755 <dir> [...]"
>     if [ "$opt_d" = yes ]; then
>         cmd="$0 mkdir -f -p -m 755"
>         if [ ".$opt_o" != . ]; then
>             cmd="$cmd -o '$opt_o'"
>         fi
>         if [ ".$opt_g" != . ]; then
>             cmd="$cmd -g '$opt_g'"
>         fi
>         if [ ".$opt_v" = .yes ]; then
>             cmd="$cmd -v"
>         fi
>         if [ ".$opt_t" = .yes ]; then
>             cmd="$cmd -t"
>         fi
>         for dir in "$@"; do
>             eval "$cmd $dir" || shtool_exit $?
>         done
>         shtool_exit 0
>     fi
>
> Looks intentional, but I don't get it, and the install does abort, so
> I'm reporting it as a bug.

OK, I get it. The "mkdir" and "-f" are shtool parameters, not a mkdir
option.  I guess I better install itl, since it doesn't appear that I
have it. 

Sorry about jumping the gun...

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