Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: [Wireshark-dev] Cygwin Bash update breaks verify_tools

["wayne speir" <wspeir@xxxxxxxxx>]

I just updated cygwin today and found that when I typed this:

> nmake -f Makefile.nmake verify_tools

it failed with the following error messages:

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 
6.00.9782.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved.

: command not foundh: line 2:
: command not foundh: line 4:
'ools/win32-setup.sh: line 5: syntax error near unexpected token `{
'ools/win32-
setup.sh: line 5: `err_exit () {
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'bash' : return code '0x2'
Stop.

I used the cygwin setup utility to reinstall the previous version of bash and then it worked again.

The new version that breaks it is BASH_VERSION='
3.1.17(9)-release'. The cygwin package is bash-3.1.9.tar-bz2.

The previous version that works for me is BASH_VERSION='3.1.17(6)-release'. The cygwin package is bash-3.1.6.tar.bz2.

Maybe I can save somebody else the hassle of tracking this down.

Now as to why it breaks -- I don't know and don't care to pursue it...

-- Wayne