Matt Fahrner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> John Summerfield wrote: 
> > I don't know which bash extensions caught me though. Perhaps those who 
> > care should identify errors and take it up with the bash developers.
> 
> I would argue that ideally if bash is run as "/bin/sh" that nothing
> beyond the POSIX "/bin/sh" specification should function, that is no
> bash extensions should work. This could be accomplished by making bash
> limit itself based on the running name (making this a Bash Group
> problem) or simply using a non-bash limited POSIX only "/bin/sh" (making
> this a RedHat problem). I would think the later would be far more simple
> than the former.
> 
> That is of course if anyone cares, because outside Thilo (who brought it
> up in the first place) no one seems to have much interest in the idea.
> 
>                       - Matt

I care, and I agree that /bin/sh shouldn't use bash extensions.

-- 
 Brady Montz
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