On 12.12.2011 16:30, Chet Ramey wrote:
On 12/12/11 9:24 AM, Timothy Madden wrote:
On 12.12.2011 16:05, Chet Ramey wrote:
On 12/12/11 7:54 AM, Timothy Madden wrote:
I have
GNU bash, version 3.2.25(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) on an
up-to-date CentOS 5.7 (Final) x64,
and
GNU bash, version 4.1.10(4)-release (i686-pc-cygwin) on Windows 7
x64 SP1.
In both OSes I noted that `source´ built-in does not work on a FIFO. On
CentOS the command is just ignored, and on cygwin it blocks indefinitely (I
guess). Ok, cygwin FIFOs may not be a good test case, but I think CentOS
ones are.
This was changed about five years ago, before bash-4.0 was released.
Oh, sorry.
My CentOS 5 is still on bash-3.2.25. I must be quite unlucky, since on
3.2.48 it works.
That's interesting, since there are no bash-3.2 patches between 25 and 48
that touch that part of the code. I wonder if the CentOS people folded
in other changes.
CentOS 6 promises to do better, but unfortunately it is not compatible with
CentOS 5.
Really? How is it incompatible? That's unusual for CentOS, from what I
hear.
I also think it is unusual, not to mention 'not nice' at all to their
users !
But they say on the website you can not upgrade CentOS 5 to CentOS 6,
even though the installation media does prompt the user with an 'upgrade
any' option when the installation starts.
And I also hear there are many system utilities that work differently
and have been changed ...
I do not really mind re-installing my machines, to get up-to-date, but I
can not expect my company clients to do the same, so bad luck for me, I
guess. :(
Timothy Madden
