Re: Glibc ldd needs /bin/bash

2007-03-23 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Randy McMurchy wrote: > Bruce Dubbs wrote these words on 03/23/07 19:01 CST: > >> What's a "program interpreter"? >> >> I'd prefer "default shell". > > Hopefully, Bruce is just joking. :-) I've been using the term since back > in the days I was using a Tandy color computer with a 'basic' program

Re: Glibc ldd needs /bin/bash

2007-03-23 Thread Randy McMurchy
Bruce Dubbs wrote these words on 03/23/07 19:01 CST: > What's a "program interpreter"? > > I'd prefer "default shell". Hopefully, Bruce is just joking. :-) I've been using the term since back in the days I was using a Tandy color computer with a 'basic' program interpreter cartridge plugged in.

Re: Glibc ldd needs /bin/bash

2007-03-23 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 3/23/07, Bruce Dubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm going ahead with this now with my preferred "default program > > interpreter". Anyone can feel free to change this that doesn't work > > for them. > > What's a "program interpreter"? > > I'd prefer "default shell". When you set the she

Re: Glibc ldd needs /bin/bash

2007-03-23 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Dan Nicholson wrote: > On 3/14/07, Bruce Dubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Matthew Burgess wrote: >> >>> How about: >>> >>> "The ldd shell script contains Bash-specific syntax. >>> Change its shebang line to force the script to be interpreted by Bash in >>> case >>> other shells (see BLFS) are i

Re: Glibc ldd needs /bin/bash

2007-03-23 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 3/14/07, Bruce Dubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthew Burgess wrote: > > > How about: > > > > "The ldd shell script contains Bash-specific syntax. > > Change its shebang line to force the script to be interpreted by Bash in > > case > > other shells (see BLFS) are installed and > > linked

Re: Glibc ldd needs /bin/bash

2007-03-14 Thread Matthew Burgess
On Wednesday 14 March 2007 16:45, Dan Nicholson wrote: > On 3/14/07, Bruce Dubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Matthew Burgess wrote: > > > How about: > > > > > > "The ldd shell script contains Bash-specific syntax. > > > Change its shebang line to force the script to be interpreted by Bash > > >

Re: Glibc ldd needs /bin/bash

2007-03-14 Thread Randy McMurchy
Bruce Dubbs wrote these words on 03/14/07 11:26 CST: > "Change its invocation (shebang) line to ... Another suggestion: "Change its program interpreter (shebang) line to ..." -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.28] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.

Re: Glibc ldd needs /bin/bash

2007-03-14 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 3/14/07, Bruce Dubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthew Burgess wrote: > > > How about: > > > > "The ldd shell script contains Bash-specific syntax. > > Change its shebang line to force the script to be interpreted by Bash in > > case > > other shells (see BLFS) are installed and > > linked

Re: Glibc ldd needs /bin/bash

2007-03-14 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Matthew Burgess wrote: > How about: > > "The ldd shell script contains Bash-specific syntax. > Change its shebang line to force the script to be interpreted by Bash in case > other shells (see BLFS) are installed and linked > to /bin/sh later:" I don't particularly like using the word 'sheba

Re: Glibc ldd needs /bin/bash

2007-03-14 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 3/14/07, Matthew Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How about: > > "The ldd shell script contains Bash-specific syntax. > Change its shebang line to force the script to be interpreted by Bash in case > other shells (see BLFS) are installed and linked > to /bin/sh later:" > > Obviously the ma

Re: Glibc ldd needs /bin/bash

2007-03-14 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 3/13/07, Ag. Hatzimanikas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 13, at 09:49 Dan Nicholson wrote: > > > > Suggestions on the explanation welcomed for this patch. > > > As you miiight :) have noticed by now, I am not an expert in English language > but ... > shouldn't be ? I was just testi

Re: Glibc ldd needs /bin/bash

2007-03-13 Thread Matthew Burgess
On Wednesday 14 March 2007 04:49, Dan Nicholson wrote: > On 3/13/07, Matthew Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Monday 12 March 2007 19:44, Dan Nicholson wrote: > > > So, I'm proposing that we force > > > /bin/bash as the shebang for ldd. Two possible ways are: > > > > > > 1. Prior to config

Re: Glibc ldd needs /bin/bash

2007-03-13 Thread Ag. Hatzimanikas
On Tue, Mar 13, at 09:49 Dan Nicholson wrote: > > Suggestions on the explanation welcomed for this patch. > As you miiight :) have noticed by now, I am not an expert in English language but ... shouldn't be ? -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfroms

Re: Glibc ldd needs /bin/bash

2007-03-13 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 3/13/07, Matthew Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Monday 12 March 2007 19:44, Dan Nicholson wrote: > So, I'm proposing that we force > /bin/bash as the shebang for ldd. Two possible ways are: > > 1. Prior to configure and changing dirs - sed -i 's|@BASH@|/bin/bash|' > elf/ldd.in I like t

Re: Glibc ldd needs /bin/bash

2007-03-13 Thread Matthew Burgess
On Monday 12 March 2007 19:44, Dan Nicholson wrote: > So, I'm proposing that we force > /bin/bash as the shebang for ldd. Two possible ways are: > > 1. Prior to configure and changing dirs - sed -i 's|@BASH@|/bin/bash|' > elf/ldd.in I like this option too. It's easy to explain exactly what that c

Re: Glibc ldd needs /bin/bash

2007-03-12 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 3/12/07, Bryan Kadzban <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan Nicholson wrote: > > I noticed that ldd is > > a bash script and will fail silently for non-bash /bin/sh. > > And I briefly thought "well, could we patch ldd to make it POSIX?" > > Then I saw the script itself. Never mind. ;-) Yeah, it's

Re: Glibc ldd needs /bin/bash

2007-03-12 Thread Bryan Kadzban
Dan Nicholson wrote: > I noticed that ldd is > a bash script and will fail silently for non-bash /bin/sh. And I briefly thought "well, could we patch ldd to make it POSIX?" Then I saw the script itself. Never mind. ;-) > So, I'm proposing that we force > /bin/bash as the shebang for ldd. Two p

Glibc ldd needs /bin/bash

2007-03-12 Thread Dan Nicholson
Following along with the POSIXification of 2007, I noticed that ldd is a bash script and will fail silently for non-bash /bin/sh. [12:25 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] bash /usr/bin/ldd /lib/libc.so.6 /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f2b000) linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb7f2a000) [12:25 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED