This isn't mergeable as is, so don't worry that I don't have a signed contributor agreement. :-) But it's probably close enough for you to commit something that solves the problem.
The problem: on a platform where /bin/sh doesn't suffice for pkgsrc bootstrap and pkg_comp tries to find a bash, it's possible-to-likely that the host system has all of these properties:
pkgsrc has been bootstrapped (presumably that's how we got pkgtools/pkg_comp installed)
pkgsrc paths are early in $PATH, so that pkgsrc tools are found before system-provided ones
shells/bash has been installed
In such cases, pkg_comp currently detects and chooses e.g. /usr/pkg/bin/bash as ${bootstrap_sh}. At some point early in the bootstrap, some build or other fails (one of the libnbcompat I think) because it's trying to run /usr/pkg/bin/bash, which is not available in the sandbox.
My change is a portion of what I'll commit to pkgsrc shortly (unless you recommend I don't): it removes pkgsrc paths from the $PATH that's in effect for which bash, so only a non-pkgsrc bash will be found. I've tested that this (in conjunction with the obvious SUBST) fixes the bootstrap on such platforms.
schmonz
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2 years ago
This isn't mergeable as is, so don't worry that I don't have a signed contributor agreement. :-) But it's probably close enough for you to commit something that solves the problem.
The problem: on a platform where
/bin/shdoesn't suffice for pkgsrc bootstrap andpkg_comptries to find abash, it's possible-to-likely that the host system has all of these properties:pkgtools/pkg_compinstalled)$PATH, so that pkgsrc tools are found before system-provided onesshells/bashhas been installedIn such cases,
pkg_compcurrently detects and chooses e.g./usr/pkg/bin/bashas${bootstrap_sh}. At some point early in the bootstrap, some build or other fails (one of thelibnbcompatI think) because it's trying to run/usr/pkg/bin/bash, which is not available in the sandbox.My change is a portion of what I'll commit to pkgsrc shortly (unless you recommend I don't): it removes pkgsrc paths from the
$PATHthat's in effect forwhich bash, so only a non-pkgsrcbashwill be found. I've tested that this (in conjunction with the obviousSUBST) fixes the bootstrap on such platforms.