niieani/bash-oo-framework

Not running on bash <= 4.1

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#16 opened on Feb 15, 2016

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Description

Have this error when running your-script.sh on Solaris.

$ uname -a SunOS localhost 5.11 11.2 sun4v sparc sun4v $ bash --version GNU bash, version 4.1.17(1)-release (sparc-sun-solaris2.11) $ ./your-script.sh /pkg/my/tools/bash-oo/lib/oo-bootstrap.sh: line 44: declare: -g: invalid option declare: usage: declare [-aAfFilrtux] [-p] [name[=value] ...] /pkg/my/tools/bash-oo/lib/oo-bootstrap.sh: line 45: declare: -g: invalid option declare: usage: declare [-aAfFilrtux] [-p] [name[=value] ...] /pkg/my/tools/bash-oo/lib/oo-bootstrap.sh: line 176: declare: -g: invalid option declare: usage: declare [-aAfFilrtux] [-p] [name[=value] ...] /pkg/my/tools/bash-oo/lib/oo-bootstrap.sh: line 177: declare: -g: invalid option declare: usage: declare [-aAfFilrtux] [-p] [name[=value] ...] /pkg/my/tools/bash-oo/lib/oo-bootstrap.sh: line 178: declare: -g: invalid option declare: usage: declare [-aAfFilrtux] [-p] [name[=value] ...] /pkg/my/tools/bash-oo/lib/oo-bootstrap.sh: line 190: declare: -g: invalid option declare: usage: declare [-aAfFilrtux] [-p] [name[=value] ...]

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Research direction
Add a compatibility check for bash versions that do not support 'declare g' and replace with 'declare' or use 'local' where appropriate. Consider using 'declare g' only for bash >= 4.2.
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