Machinefile will fail when assignment is followed by logical check

[gbraad]

The following failure feels related to quoting the semicolons within the argument to bash -c being passed the interactive shell

sudo -u root bash -c 'MACHINEFILE=0.9.0 BUILDKIT_SYNTAX= BUILD_DATE="2025-10-15 05:56:50" USER_PASSWD=password BASE_IMAGE=ghcr.io/gbraad-dotfiles/fedora BASE_VERSION=41 if [ -n "password" ] ; then  echo "gbraad:password" | sudo chpasswd && echo "Password set to: password";  fi'

bash: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `then'

However, this is related to how bash -c processes its own argument string when it contains an assignment followed immediately by if on the same "logical" line.

[gbraad]

... if an echo; (or any other command) is preceding the logical check, there is no problem.

Solution: machinefile/machinefile#17 (comment)