Re: Problems with handicapped 'bash' from glibc package

2014-03-28 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Mark H Weaver skribis: > l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > >> Mark H Weaver skribis: >> >>> l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: >>> Mark H Weaver skribis: > The 'bash' in the glibc package is handicapped in at least two ways: > > * It can't set the locale, becaus

Re: Problems with handicapped 'bash' from glibc package

2014-03-26 Thread Ludovic Courtès
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) skribis: > Mark H Weaver skribis: > >> The 'bash' in the glibc package is handicapped in at least two ways: >> >> * It can't set the locale, because it looks for locales in >> /nix/store/-glibc-intermediate-2.18-locales >> >> * It c

Re: Problems with handicapped 'bash' from glibc package

2014-03-23 Thread Mark H Weaver
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Mark H Weaver skribis: > >> l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: >> >>> Mark H Weaver skribis: >>> The 'bash' in the glibc package is handicapped in at least two ways: * It can't set the locale, because it looks for locales in >>>

Re: Problems with handicapped 'bash' from glibc package

2014-03-23 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Mark H Weaver skribis: > l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > >> Mark H Weaver skribis: >> >>> The 'bash' in the glibc package is handicapped in at least two ways: >>> >>> * It can't set the locale, because it looks for locales in >>> >>> /nix/store/-glibc-

Re: Problems with handicapped 'bash' from glibc package

2014-03-23 Thread Mark H Weaver
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Mark H Weaver skribis: > >> The 'bash' in the glibc package is handicapped in at least two ways: >> >> * It can't set the locale, because it looks for locales in >> /nix/store/-glibc-intermediate-2.18-locales >> >> * It ca

Re: Problems with handicapped 'bash' from glibc package

2014-03-23 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Mark H Weaver skribis: > The 'bash' in the glibc package is handicapped in at least two ways: > > * It can't set the locale, because it looks for locales in > /nix/store/-glibc-intermediate-2.18-locales > > * It can't look up anything from NSS, such as passwd dat

Re: Problems with handicapped 'bash' from glibc package

2014-02-13 Thread Andreas Enge
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 09:33:16PM +, Mark H Weaver wrote: > The patches are bug fixes. Things like: > I don't want to run a shell with known bugs. > I want these fixes on my system. > > What do you think? I think you should try to gently prod the bash maintainers to prepare a new release; t

Re: Problems with handicapped 'bash' from glibc package

2014-02-12 Thread Mark H Weaver
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Andreas Enge skribis: > >> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 05:39:35PM +, Mark H Weaver wrote: >>> While we're on the subject of 'bash', should we be applying the patches >>> in http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.2-patches/ ? >> >> Is there a chance of convinci

Re: Problems with handicapped 'bash' from glibc package

2014-02-12 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Andreas Enge skribis: > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 05:39:35PM +, Mark H Weaver wrote: >> While we're on the subject of 'bash', should we be applying the patches >> in http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.2-patches/ ? > > Is there a chance of convincing the bash people to release bash 4.2.1? > It s

Re: Problems with handicapped 'bash' from glibc package

2014-02-12 Thread Andreas Enge
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 05:39:35PM +, Mark H Weaver wrote: > While we're on the subject of 'bash', should we be applying the patches > in http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.2-patches/ ? Is there a chance of convincing the bash people to release bash 4.2.1? It seems absurd to off-load the work

Re: Problems with handicapped 'bash' from glibc package

2014-02-12 Thread Mark H Weaver
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Mark H Weaver skribis: > >> The 'bash' in the glibc package is handicapped in at least two ways: >> >> * It can't set the locale, because it looks for locales in >> /nix/store/-glibc-intermediate-2.18-locales >> >> * It ca

Re: Problems with handicapped 'bash' from glibc package

2014-02-12 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Mark H Weaver skribis: > The 'bash' in the glibc package is handicapped in at least two ways: > > * It can't set the locale, because it looks for locales in > /nix/store/-glibc-intermediate-2.18-locales > > * It can't look up anything from NSS, such as passwd dat

Problems with handicapped 'bash' from glibc package

2014-02-11 Thread Mark H Weaver
Hello all, The 'bash' in the glibc package is handicapped in at least two ways: * It can't set the locale, because it looks for locales in /nix/store/-glibc-intermediate-2.18-locales * It can't look up anything from NSS, such as passwd data, because it tries t