On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 05:05:28PM +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote: > > This is to provide compatibility whn working with multiple versions of > > Unix. > > I write many scripts in sh on Solaris, and find they just don't work on > > Linux because /bin/sh on Linux is really /bin/bash and is not bacwards > > compatible. I HATE this. We shouldn't do this, and should do anything > > like this. > > Again - backwards compatible with what? Might it not be the case that > it is your scripts for Solaris-sh which uses non-standard features and > therefore fails on bash (which actually tends to be very > standards-compliant.)
Indeed. Keep in mind that if you want a standard Bourne implementation on Solaris (or at least one that complies to POSIX.2a-1992), then you need to start your scripts with /usr/xpg4/bin/sh rather than /bin/sh. Given that it's easier (and shouldn't actually do any harm to the base OS) to commit the 44bsd csh as /bin/csh (or just simply remove the link for /bin/csh->/bin/tcsh) than continue to argue about this, would someone with a commit bit please make this thread go away? Paul _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
