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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".



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