[Xastir] get-NWSdata script

Thu Jul 6 10:47:41 PDT 2017

I just did an "update-xastir" and a "get-NWSdata" and I didn't see any errors. Are there any other updates that need to be done periodically? How often should I run these to stay current? 
Thanks,
Max KG4PID
      From: Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org>
 To: ve3ctp at cogeco.ca; xastir at xastir.org 
 Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 10:51 AM
 Subject: Re: [Xastir] get-NWSdata script

For what it's worth, I just pushed a fix to the script that makes it once
again Bourne shell-friendly.

It is commit 7c6bab87.  If you git pull, rebuild, and reinstall Xastir, the
get-NWSdata script should now work on systems where /bin/sh is not bash (e.g.
debian derivatives and BSD systems).

On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 12:42:38PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <russo at bogodyn.org> flavor, containing:
> On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 01:40:41PM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <ve3ctp at cogeco.ca> flavor, containing:
> > All was going well..until..
> > 
> > rchive:  c_11au16.zip
> >  inflating: c_11au16.dbf            
> >  inflating: c_11au16.prj            
> >  inflating: c_11au16.shp            
> >  inflating: c_11au16.shx            
> > /usr/local/share/xastir/scripts/get-NWSdata: 114: /usr/local/share/xastir/scripts/get-NWSdata: Bad substitution
> 
> This line of the script is a recent addition by Curt, and appears to be
> a bashism.  Many linux distros have /bin/sh as nothing more than an alias
> for /bin/bash, but some don't --- and I believe that raspbian may be one
> of those.  On my pi, /bin/sh is "dash", not bash.  On my BSD systems, 
> /bin/sh is the original Bourne shell.
> 
> Curt might need to remove the bashism from get-NWSdata, since its "shebang"
> explicitly lists /bin/sh, which may be the Bourne shell or dash on some
> systems.  It is never safe to assume that /bin/sh is bash, and using
> bash extensions in scripts with "#!/bin/sh" at the top is a no-no.
> 
> In the meantime, try editing get-NWSdata to replace "/bin/sh" with "/bin/bash"
> and it should work.  This is not a general solution, as some operating 
> systems don't install bash in /bin.  BSD, for example, puts it in 
> /usr/local/bin.
> 
> > 
> > From: Tom Russo
> > Sent: July 5, 2017 1:01 PM
> > To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion
> > Subject: Re: [Xastir] get-NWSdata script
> > 
> > get-NWSdata accesses a helper script called "values" that must be present in 
> > the same directory as the script.  It is created at configure time, and "make 
> > install" will install them both to the same place.
> > 
> > It appears that you are trying to run the script that exists in the source tree.
> > "values" may or may not be present there depending on how you built xastir.
> > If you built using a separate "build directory" as we recommend, it won't
> > be there: values will be created in your build directory, but get-NWSdata
> > won't be copied in there.  If you are building directly in the source tree,
> > values will be created at configure time, but not until then, and will be 
> > removed if you do a "make distclean."
> > 
> > Once you do "make install" both get-NWSdata and values will be installed in
> > ${prefix}/share/xastir/scripts.  In that case, you should run it from that 
> > location, i.e. 'sudo /usr/local/share/xastir/scripts/get-NWSdata'
> > 
> > On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 10:49:09AM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <ve3ctp at cogeco.ca> flavor, containing:
> > > sudo ./get-NWSdata 
> > > 
> > > I get command not found
> > > 
> > > Tried to execute from root
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10
> > > 
> > > From: davidf4
> > > Sent: July 5, 2017 1:44 AM
> > > To: 'Xastir - APRS client software discussion'; 'Xastir - APRS client software discussion'
> > > Subject: Re: [Xastir] get-NWSdata script
> > > 
> > > Not normal..Try this:
> > > 
> > > sudo ./get-NWSdata
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Xastir [mailto:xastir-bounces at lists.xastir.org] On Behalf Of
> > > ve3ctp at cogeco.ca
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2017 9:40 PM
> > > 
> > > 
> > > is this normal, or just me
> > > 
> > > pi at raspberrypi:~/src/Xastir/scripts $ sudo sh -x get-NWSdata
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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