On Tue Feb 01 2000 at 17:09, James Manning wrote: > > > Let the old #!/bin/bash scripts break -- they need to be fixed. > > > > > > The sooner "echo $BASH_VERSION" returns 2.x by default, the better... > > > > perhaps a simple bash2 script to update bash1 scripts? > > Perhaps an RH-specific bash2 hack to allow but warn on the questionable > (non-compliant) but bash1-friendly script (line number if available) > then let that ride around for a release, letting the real bash2 become > default in a couple of releases (7.0?) Oh no! <shudder> This would be a total - the ultimate - kludge. :) > Maybe a env var to make it totally backwards even w/o warning? > $I_WANT_A_BROKEN_BASH perhaps, because why should ps have all the fun? :) It seems to me that this is an idea to put to the bash authors, to do this in the main bash2 distro as a standard feature. Cheers Tony -- To unsubscribe: mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
