Bash script works in Debian not in OpenSuse

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I have written a few bash-scripts to automate the installation of various applications from source.
It works fine in Debian Lenny with bash version 3.2 (GNU bash, version 3.2.39(1)-release (i486-pc-linux-gnu) )
In OpenSuse 11.4 with bash version 4.1 (GNU bash, version 4.1.10(1)-release (x86_64-suse-linux-gnu) ) it doesn't work.

Details:
All variables are stored in one file "variabler", sourced by installation scripts.
The start script uses command "dialog" for easy selection, then simply calls appropriate installation script. There is one separate file for each application.

The dialog is displayed, I can select & deselect - but once I hit <enter> script simply stops. There is no output at all, no error no nothing.
However, I can run each installation script directly so obviously problem is that the install scripts are not called correctly in Suse.
The scripts are all in /usr/local/src/ which is in $PATH
I have tried calling the install scripts with full path as well, no difference.
All variabes are correct - remember I can succesfully install everything by executing the install scripts one by one.

List of files:
cert_install - start script
variabler - contains all variables such as application version, where source is etc
inst_apa, inst_openssl etc - executable scripts that installs one application each.

The start script:

#!/bin/bash
# Kontrollera att filen 'variabler' finns, avsluta annars
if [ ! -f variabler ]; then
	echo "Filen 'variabler' saknas"
	exit
fi
# Läs in variablerna
source variabler
# Skapa logg-katalog om den inte finns
if [ -f logs ]; then
	echo "Kan inte skapa katalog 'logs' - finns en fil med det namnet."
	echo "Radera den först, eller kör vidare utan att loggar sparas."
fi
if [ ! -d logs ]; then
	mkdir logs     <---------- This works fine!
	export LOGGDIR=logs
fi

# Val av program att installera
# Kommandot 'dialog': sista 3 värdena är Totalhöjd Totalbredd Boxhöjd
cmd=(dialog --separate-output --checklist "Val av program att installera: \n 
	OBS! Openssl & PCRE are required for Apache, Php & Modsec" 18 76 7)
	options=(1 "Openssl" on
			2 "PCRE" on
			3 "Apache" off
			4 "MySQL" off
			5 "Php" off
			6 "ModSecurity - experimental!" off
			7 "ModSec Core Ruleset - experimental!" off)

	choices=$("${cmd[@]}" "${options[@]}" 2>&1 >/dev/tty)
	clear
	for choice in $choices
	do
		case $choice in
			1)
				echo "Installerar OpenSSL"
				inst_openssl 2> >(tee $LOGGDIR/openssl_error)
				;;
			2)
				echo "Installerar PCRE"
				inst_pcre 2> >(tee $LOGGDIR/pcre_error)
				;;
			3)
				# Kontrollera beroenden (pcre & openssl)
				echo "Installerar Apache"
				inst_apa 2> >(tee $LOGGDIR/apache_error)
				;;
			4)
				echo "Installerar MySQL"
				inst_mysql 2> >(tee $LOGGDIR/mysql_error)
				;;
			5)
				echo "Installerar Php"
				inst_php 2> >(tee $LOGGDIR/php_error)
				;;
			6)
				echo "Installerar ModSecurity"
				inst_modsec 2> >(tee $LOGGDIR/modsec_error)
				;;
			7)
				echo "Installerar ModSecurity Core Ruleset"
				inst_crs 2> >(tee $LOGGDIR/crs_error)
				;;
		esac
	done

Example installation script - "inst_openssl":

#!/bin/bash
# Skapat 2011-11-01
# Detta script kompilerar Openssl från källkod

# Variabler för installationsscriptet läses in från filen "variabler"
source variabler

# Ladda hem & packa upp källkoden
cd $SRC_DIR
wget $REPO_OPTIONS $REPO_PROTOKOLL/$REPO/openssl-$OPENSSL_APPVERSION.tar.gz
tar -zxf openssl-$OPENSSL_APPVERSION.tar.gz
cd openssl-$OPENSSL_APPVERSION
./config --prefix=/nih/openssl-$OPENSSL_APPVERSION/ --openssldir=/od/openssl-$OPENSSL_APPVERSION 
make && make install

# Ta bort gamla bin-filen, länka in nya
KAT=/usr/bin/
IDAG=`date +%d%m%y`
if [ -h $KAT/openssl ] ; then
	unlink $KAT/openssl
else
	if [ -f $KAT/openssl ] ; then
		mv $KAT/openssl $KAT/openssl.$IDAG
		ln -s /nih/openssl-$OPENSSL_APPVERSION/openssl $KAT/openssl
	fi
fi

My first guess is there is a difference between bash 3.2 & 4.1 that causes the problem.
I'm currently investigating this line in cert_install :
choices=$("${cmd[@]}" "${options[@]}" 2>&1 >/dev/tty)

Any ideas?

[Pafnoutios]

Is the screen clear when the script stops?

[x]

Yes, that's a very good idea - in fact, I often use it myself.
I should have added why I'm sure it's in main script:
As you can see the directory "logs" is created if it doesn't exist, but the echo command preceding each call to install script is not executed. (echo "Installerar ..." )
However, maybe I should add a few echo before & after the lines "choices=..." and for loop.
I'll do that tomorrow when I'm back at office.

[Pafnoutios]

Oops. You were fast with that. I had decided very shortly after posting my suggestion that you probably had enough debugging echo statements and editted it.

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Hehe, you know what?
Before reading your post I, too, thought I had enough debugging echo statements, but while answering I realized I didn't!
So you were right even though you thought you were wrong, and I was wrong even though I thought I was right!

Now I added a few "echo", here's what happens:
First the modified part of master script

			7 "ModSec Core Ruleset - experimental!" off)
	echo "Before choices"
	choices=$("${cmd[@]}" "${options[@]}" 2>&1 >/dev/tty)
	clear
	echo "After choices"
	for choice in $choices
	do
		echo $choices
		echo $choice
		echo "After for"
		case $choice in
			1) echo "Choice 1"
				echo "Installerar OpenSSL"
..... ( rest of script)
		esac
		echo "After esac"
	done

And here's the result having chosen 2 apps to install:

 After choises
"1" "2"
"1"
After for
After esac
"1" "2"
"2"
After for
After esac

So the for-loop runs correctly, the variable $choice is set correctly - but there is no hit for my choices!?
Interresting, but leaving me even more puzzled!

[x]

Aha, getting closer!
I added a line
choice=1
just before the "case $choice..." line - and alas, it worked!
Checking the output earlier, variable $choice is set to "1" including the doublequotes!
So I need to find a way to set the variable to numericals only, without any quotes.

[furrycat]

The path of least resistance may be to eat the quotes later:

case ${choice//\"/} in
...

[x]

Thanks furrycat, that did it!

... Just wonder, could you please explain to me why that works?
Using your code I can see that the last quote is removed, but the first one is too and I can't see how.

[furrycat]

Two slashes means multiple replacements. One slash would just replace the first occurrence.

[cybertron]

Variable types in bash are tricky. There's a document about them here: http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/untyped.html

Honestly, I find that even that doesn't come close to covering all of the possible gotchas with them though. This is why I'm a fan of statically typed languages.