From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 4 03:17:20 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D7B116A469 for ; Wed, 4 Jul 2007 03:17:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from host222.ipowerweb.com (host222.ipowerweb.com [66.235.210.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3C9D413C4CC for ; Wed, 4 Jul 2007 03:17:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 89290 invoked from network); 4 Jul 2007 03:12:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO demeter.hydra) (24.9.123.251) by host222.ipowerweb.com with SMTP; 4 Jul 2007 03:12:33 -0000 Received: from demeter.hydra (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l643HHXo039533 for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2007 21:17:17 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (from ren@localhost) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l643HGfH039532 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 3 Jul 2007 21:17:16 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) X-Authentication-Warning: demeter.hydra: ren set sender to perrin@apotheon.com using -f Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 21:17:16 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070704031716.GB39459@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200707031344.l63DiEbo098703@dc.cis.okstate.edu> <20070703163610.GA6012@ayn.mi.celestial.com> <468b072c.U1AQhNvKe3aLmLhT%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <468b072c.U1AQhNvKe3aLmLhT%perryh@pluto.rain.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Subject: Re: The worst error message in history belongs to... BIND9! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:17:20 -0000 On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 07:34:20PM -0700, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > >> This is actually just the difference between sh and bash ... > > > > > >differences in, say, arithmetic handling and loops can sometimes > > >mean rewriting parts of shell scripts depending on whether it is > > >going to run in BSD or Linux. > > > > That's a major argument for doing things in python or perl as > > they are consistent across all platforms ... > > If one is going to require the installation of something that may > not be part of a base system, that something might as well be bash :) Isn't Perl part of the base system these days? -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Amazon.com interview candidate: "When C++ is your hammer, everything starts to look like your thumb."