Re: Syntax error: Bad substitution

[Ralph Alvy <ralph@ralphalvy.com>]

Ralph Alvy wrote:

> I'm getting the following error when running dosemu 1.2.2 under a newly
> installed Kubuntu 6.10:
> 
> ./xdosemu: 86: Syntax error: Bad substitution
> 
> What might be going on here?

I noticed this comment on a Web page about compiling kernels with Ubuntu
6.10 (http://www.howtoforge.com/kernel_compilation_ubuntu). Pretty much
sums up the problems outlined in this thread:

--- quote follows ---

On Ubuntu 6.10, /bin/sh is a symlink to /bin/dash by default. /bin/dash
seems to make problems when you compile software from the sources, at least
I had that impression. That's why I make /bin/sh a symlink to /bin/bash
instead.

If you are on Ubuntu 6.10, you should do this now:

rm -f /bin/sh
ln -s /bin/bash /bin/sh