avoid 'tr' calls to improve performance a bit

travis-test.sh

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ fn_exists() {
 
 repo_exists() {
   DEP=$1
-  dep_lc=$(echo $DEP | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')
+  dep_lc=${DEP,,}
   eval dirname=\${${DEP}_DIRNAME:=${dep_lc}}
   eval reponame=\${${DEP}_REPONAME:=${dep_lc}}
   eval repourl=\${${DEP}_REPOURL:="https://github.com/\${${DEP}_REPOOWNER:=${REPOOWNER:-epics-modules}}/${reponame}.git"}
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ repo_exists() {
   git ls-remote --quiet --heads --exit-code $repourl > /dev/null 2>&1
 }
 
-SETUP_DIRS=$(echo $SETUP_PATH | tr ":" "\n")
+SETUP_DIRS=${SETUP_PATH//:/ }
 
 SCRIPTDIR=$(dirname $(readlinkf $0))/travis
 CURDIR="$PWD"

travis/prepare.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
+if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" -a "$BASH_VERSINFO" -lt 4 ]
+then
+    brew install bash
+    if [ $(/usr/local/bin/bash -c 'echo $BASH_VERSINFO') -lt 4 ]
+    then
+        echo "Failed to install a recent bash" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    exec /usr/local/bin/bash $0 "$@"
+fi
+
 # Set VV in .travis.yml to make scripts verbose
 [ "$VV" ] && set -x
 
@@ -14,6 +25,8 @@ CACHEDIR="$HOME/.cache"
 # source functions
 . $SCRIPTDIR/utils.sh
 
+echo -e "${ANSI_YELLOW}Using bash version $BASH_VERSION${ANSI_RESET}"
+
 # Load settings
 # -------------
 
@@ -34,7 +47,7 @@ fold_start check.out.dependencies "Checking/cloning dependencies"
 
 for mod in BASE $MODULES
 do
-  mod_uc=$(echo $mod | tr 'a-z' 'A-Z')
+  mod_uc=${mod^^}
   eval add_dependency $mod_uc \${${mod_uc}:=master}
 done
 [ -e ./configure ] && cp ${CACHEDIR}/RELEASE.local ./configure/RELEASE.local
@@ -190,7 +203,7 @@ echo "Module     Tag          Binaries    Commit"
 echo "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
 for mod in base $MODULES
 do
-  mod_uc=$(echo $mod | tr 'a-z' 'A-Z')
+  mod_uc=${mod^^}
   eval tag=\${${mod_uc}}
   eval dir=${CACHEDIR}/\${${mod_uc}_DIRNAME}-$tag
   echo "$modules_to_compile" | grep -q "$dir" && stat="rebuilt" || stat="from cache"

travis/utils.sh

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ source_set() {
   local set_dir
   local found=0
   [ "${SETUP_PATH}" ] || die "Search path for setup files (SETUP_PATH) is empty"
-  for set_dir in $(echo $SETUP_PATH | tr ":" "\n")
+  for set_dir in ${SETUP_PATH//:/ }
   do
     if [ -e $set_dir/$set_file.set ]
     then
@@ -132,13 +132,13 @@ add_dependency() {
   curdir="$PWD"
   DEP=$1
   TAG=$2
-  dep_lc=$(echo $DEP | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')
+  dep_lc=${DEP,,}
   eval dirname=\${${DEP}_DIRNAME:=${dep_lc}}
   eval reponame=\${${DEP}_REPONAME:=${dep_lc}}
   eval repourl=\${${DEP}_REPOURL:="https://github.com/\${${DEP}_REPOOWNER:=${REPOOWNER:-epics-modules}}/${reponame}.git"}
   eval varname=\${${DEP}_VARNAME:=${DEP}}
   eval recursive=\${${DEP}_RECURSIVE:=1}
-  recursive=$(echo $recursive | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')
+  recursive=${recursive,,}
   [ "$recursive" != "0" -a "$recursive" != "no" ] && recurse="--recursive"
 
   # determine if $DEP points to a valid release or branch