Script ./src/make_custom_pi_os returns unexpected error

[VovaStelmashchuk]

I start works with repo and just flow the tuturial from ReadMe file. Clone the repo and try to execute ./src/make_custom_pi_os -g test the script returns the following error:

Settings:
making dstro in test
variant: raspios_lite_armhf
./src/make_custom_pi_os: line 36: MULTIPLE[@]: unbound variable

I have no idea, about how to fix the problem. Sure i can just remove the part of script which produce the problem, but the way doesn't look right for me.

for a in "${MULTIPLE[@]}"; do
    echo "  $a"
done

My envirment MacOs sonoma: Version 14.0 Processor: 2,4 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9

[guysoft]

Not sure what is going on. Will try and reoroduce.

[umlaeute]

i cannot reproduce (on Debian/sid).

it might be interesting which bash you are using.

$ which bash
/usr/bin/bash

$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 5.2.15(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)

having said that: the ${MULTIPLE} variable seems to be unused, except for the problematic line https://github.com/guysoft/CustomPiOS/blob/63da54b86ab566c558e9084568d326413f6585d8/src/make_custom_pi_os#L34

so it probably is safe to remove that part of the script

[umlaeute]

i got hands of a macOS/BigSur machine, and i can now reproduce the problem.

$ which bash
/bin/bash

$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.2.57(1)-release (arm64-apple-darwin21)

in the bash changelogs i find

[...]
This document details the changes between this version, bash-5.2-alpha, and
the previous version, bash-5.1-release.
[...]
3. New Features in Bash
[...]
bb. Array references using `@' and `*' that are the value of nameref variables
    (declare -n ref='v[@]' ; echo $ref) no longer cause the shell to exit if
    set -u is enabled and the array (v) is unset.

so maybe this is just requiring a too-new-for-macOS bash version (for something that doesn't get used anyhow...)

OTOH, the incriminated lines where added in 2017, when the current release of bash was bash-4.4.

probably the relevant changelog entry is therefore:

This document details the changes between this version, bash-4.4-rc2, and
the previous version, bash-4.4-beta2.
[...]
3.  New Features in Bash

a.  Using ${a[@]} or ${a[*]} with an array without any assigned elements when
    the nounset option is enabled no longer throws an unbound variable error.

[VovaStelmashchuk]

My current bash 3.2.57, I make a clean setup and attech all my logs here:

➜  hacklab git clone https://github.com/guysoft/CustomPiOS.git
Cloning into 'CustomPiOS'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 4837, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (810/810), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (272/272), done.
remote: Total 4837 (delta 590), reused 594 (delta 524), pack-reused 4027
Receiving objects: 100% (4837/4837), 1000.27 KiB | 4.15 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (2589/2589), done.
➜  hacklab cd CustomPiOS
➜  CustomPiOS git:(devel) which bash
/bin/bash
➜  CustomPiOS git:(devel) bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.2.57(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin23)
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
➜  CustomPiOS git:(devel) ./src/make_custom_pi_os -g test
Settings:
making dstro in test
variant: raspios_lite_armhf
./src/make_custom_pi_os: line 36: MULTIPLE[@]: unbound variable
➜  CustomPiOS git:(devel)

[VovaStelmashchuk]

@umlaeute you right, the error throws because i use the old version of bash, currently I update my bash and has the following output. Does the output correct ?

➜  CustomPiOS git:(devel) bash --version
GNU bash, version 5.2.15(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin23.0.0)
Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
➜  CustomPiOS git:(devel) ./src/make_custom_pi_os -g test
Settings:
making dstro in test
variant: raspios_lite_armhf
sed: 1: "config": command c expects \ followed by text
➜  CustomPiOS git:(devel) ✗

[umlaeute]

hmm, the new failure (assuming that i correctly read your output as a failure), appears to be somewhere in https://github.com/guysoft/CustomPiOS/blob/63da54b86ab566c558e9084568d326413f6585d8/src/dist_generators/dist_example_script#L22-L23

i don't see any obvious invocations of the c command of sed (and the ${DIST_NAME} variable should expand to test, so nothing wrong here either...)

do you have gsed installed? if not, can you also install it (brew install gnu-sed)?

[VovaStelmashchuk]

Thx, the problem fix, after I install gnu-sed. Now I have problem, with execute sudo ./test/src/build_dist, I have the following error, in build.log

++++ realpath -s /Users/vovastelmashchuk/Desktop/hacklab/CustomPiOS/src/build
realpath: illegal option -- s
usage: realpath [-q] [path ...]
+++ dirname
usage: dirname string [...]
++ BUILD_SCRIPT_PATH=
You have new mail in /var/mail/vovastelmashchuk

It's look like a new issue, can we discuss the issue here or close current discussion and open new github issue ? Also I think about pull request to project readme with MacOs specific instraction, some think like a pre-condition, min version of bash and gnu-sed

[umlaeute]

i agree it's probably a new issue.

otoh, it seems that CustomPiOS is probably just not usable on macOS right now.

[guysoft]

Indeed, you could use it via Docker. In general Docker tends to work better if you are on MacOS.

[guysoft]

You could install bash 5 using homebrew.

brew install bash

But then you need to put bash in your path:

/opt/homebrew/bin/bash --version

[VovaStelmashchuk]

Yep, I have bash 5 already on my machine. It fixes the issue. Thx.

[guysoft]

Thanks! If you have the time to document or post here in the wiki how to gets stuff working on mac that could help people in the future (or yourself too): https://github.com/guysoft/CustomPiOS/wiki/Building#building-from-os-x