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Date:      Wed, 3 Sep 2008 05:09:19 +1000
From:      Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>
To:        chris#@1command.com
Cc:        "\[FBSDS\]" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Is it safe to delete /bin/[ && /usr/bin/false?
Message-ID:  <20080902190919.GE86609@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20080902104943.71ub86qsussgoo80@webmail.1command.com>
References:  <20080902104943.71ub86qsussgoo80@webmail.1command.com>

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On 2008-Sep-02 10:49:43 -0700, chris#@1command.com wrote:
>Well, I en devoured to install a copy of 7 as an effort to upgrade
>one of our servers. After installing a few ports, I began to notice:
>[: -le: argument expected messages being emitted during the configure/make
>process.

This probably indicates badly written configure scripts that have
things like "[ 23 -le $x ]" but don't set $x.  The solution is to
write patches for the configure scripts and feed them back upstream.

> I've already invested a fair amount of time on this upgrade,
>and /really/ don't want to wipe the disk(s) and start all over.

I'm not sure how this will help.

> This
>issue is not new to me - see thread:[: -le: argument expected for details.

You haven't mentioned where this thread exists - definitely not here.

--=20
Peter Jeremy
Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement
an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour.

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