pkg -oABI fails on amd64 in csh because of $(uname -p)

[bugzeo]

Related to this howto: https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.1R/upgrading/

On amd64 you get this:

# pkg -oABI=FreeBSD:15:$(uname -p) -oOSVERSION=1501000 upgrade -r FreeBSD-base
Illegal variable name.

# echo $(uname -p)
Illegal variable name.

The fix is to use the backticks:

# pkg -oABI=FreeBSD:15:`uname -p` -oOSVERSION=1501000 upgrade -r FreeBSD-base

 

[bugzeo]

Bug report: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=297762

 

[Erichans]

Bug report: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=297762

You are using csh(1). Unless I'm misinformed, for all commands used in the Handbook and other official FreeBSD documentation, sh(1) is assumed. Besides that, for some time sh(1) is the default shell for root in FreeBSD.

 

[bugzeo]

Well I don't remember changing anything in the setup, maybe it's been inherited from years ago?

 

[mer]

Besides that, for some time sh(1) is the default shell for root in FreeBSD.

I believe the switch for root from csh to sh was in 14.X so not really "for some time" because from 1.x to 13.X root default shell was csh.

bugzeo yes it's a "$SHELL" thing. the syntax you post is sh syntax which fails if shell is csh. Easy way to tell:
"echo $SHELL"
If it says csh/tcsh then syntax is wrong the "$() construct"

Tell us the output on the system you are trying to upgrade for:
freebsd-version
echo $SHELL