libvte: syntax error in /etc/profile.d/vte-2.91.sh

[ALinuxUser]

     etc/profile.d $ sh -n vte-2.91.sh
     vte-2.91.sh: 61: vte-2.91.sh: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

I believe that this problem leads to the creation of a file called 'config-err' in my /tmp folder.

Linux Mint 19.1 x64
Cinnamon
Kernel: 5.0.7-050007-generic

[Egmont Koblinger (egmont-gmail)]

What problem did you experience at the first place? What's your goal when you execute the mentioned command?

vte-2.91.sh was written for bash and zsh. You execute it with sh (dash). Due to -n, the commands are not executed and thus it skips the bash/zsh check and continues. Then it fails on a bash/zsh specific syntax.

This script is not meant to be executed manually, especially not with -n. As such, I see no problem whatsoever.

> I believe that this problem leads to the creation of a file called 'config-err' in my /tmp folder.

I find it pretty unlikely.

[ALinuxUser (buntulongername-new)]

I experienced no problem save the creation of that file. I had read somewhere that the existence of such a file owed to a problem with either `/etc/profile` or some (any) file within '/etc/profile.d`. I had read further that a way to test any such files was to run them via `sh -n`. I followed that procedure rather blindly and encountered the message that I gave above. What you say makes me realise that in fact I have no reason to think there is a problem with vte.