In regard to: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Bash bug issue, Bob Friesenhahn...:
Unfortunately, 'dash' is not completely compatible with scripts written for 'bash'. It is not clear to my why people write shell scripts targeting bash, but it seems to happen often.
Two reasons: - It's the "all the world's a VAX" syndrome for the current generation. - bash (and ksh) do provide some handy features that traditional Bourne shell does not, and for a large portion of inexperienced programmers, convenience/laziness trumps portability Both things drive me crazy, but they've been going on for my entire career in computing, so I have no reason to expect that either are going to ever disappear. Tim -- Tim Mooney [email protected] Enterprise Computing & Infrastructure 701-231-1076 (Voice) Room 242-J6, Quentin Burdick Building 701-231-8541 (Fax) North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5164 _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
