Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 10:34:07 +0000 (GMT) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1015036545.8978d2@mired.org>, questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Linux shell scripts Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0202261031400.13403-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <x1wux1wbp6.ux1@localhost.localdomain>
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On 25 Feb 2002, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > On a practical level, how do you handle > ports and other software that requires Bash? Don't use the software? > Work with the maintainer to eliminate the need? Anecdotal evidence, but I found that the mysql people were very receptive to some small patches to "configure" with a _polite_ note to the effect, "/bin/sh isn't bash on every system". -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 RFC822 jan.grant@bris.ac.uk __/\____/\_____/\____/|_____________________________________ flatline To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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