Hi,
LilyPond uses a python script that redirects to stderr in os.system ()
This breaks if /bin/sh happens not to be bash (why would anyone want
not to have bash there?), *and* the /dev directory does not exist.
$ ls -l /bin/sh /bin/bash
-rwxr-xr-x+ 1 root Geen 531968 Mar 13 10:29 /bin/bash
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root Geen 69632 Aug 22 19:48 /bin/sh
$ python -c "import os; os.system ('echo fubar >/dev/stderr')" cannot create
/dev/stderr: directory nonexistent
$ mv /bin/sh /bin/sh-fubar; cp /bin/bash /bin/sh
mv: preserving times for `/bin/sh-fubar': No such file or directory
mv: preserving ownership for `/bin/sh-fubar': No such file or directory
mv: cannot unlink `/bin/sh': No such file or directory
mv: cannot remove `/bin/sh': No such file or directory
$ ls -l /bin/sh /bin/bash
-rwxr-xr-x+ 1 root Geen 531968 Mar 13 10:29 /bin/bash
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root Geen 531968 Aug 22 19:51 /bin/sh
$ python -c "import os; os.system ('echo fubar >/dev/stderr')"
fubar
So, depending on what /bin/sh is, it may or may not work. We are
telling users not to install ash, but what is the right solution for
this?
Jan.
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Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien | http://www.lilypond.org
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