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[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issue please contact him.] ** Tags added: patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to gdb in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1762320 Title: gcore does not execute, uses /bin/sh but requires bash Status in gdb package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: gcore fails to execute on bionic $ gcore /usr/bin/gcore: 28: /usr/bin/gcore: Syntax error: "(" unexpected Line 28 is: 28 dump_all_cmds=() This appears to be bash syntax for arrays (as reinforced further down) which is not compatible with the /bin/sh shebang using dash. Upstream has a recent commit to move this from /bin/sh to bash (along also making other changes to fix problems with quoting within the same commit): https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=e1e6f073a9f5d7c3183cb8096fb24a42c28ba36b As a minimum fix we should probably change it from /bin/sh to /bin/bash To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdb/+bug/1762320/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
