The attached patch removes the run-time dependency on bash. maxima/rmaxima/xmaxima seem to work fine with just /bin/sh (unless I'm missing something).
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Created attachment 147694 [details] Patch that removes run-time dependency on bash
A commit references this bug: Author: robak Date: Sun Mar 8 10:13:59 UTC 2015 New revision: 380756 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/380756 Log: math/maxima: remove bash dependency - Maintainer's timeout (bf@FreeBSD.org) PR: 193950 Submitted by: Jan Kokem?ller <jan.kokemueller@gmail.com> Changes: head/math/maxima/Makefile
Committed, thanks for your work!