bash version?
Hi all, I use bash instead of the default csh shell that is part of FreeBSD world. I am revising my in-house installation manual for FreeBSD 5.3, and it just came my attention that there is (actually has been I guess) bash version 3 available as a port. But FreeBSD appears to want to use 2.05b as the default. Does anybody know of any good reason why I should stick to 2.05b? I would like to use the latest stable version, but I don't want to go to version 3 if there are any issues that might bite me in the butt or if it will disrupt any other FreeBSD convention/issue that I don't know about. Looking at the the gnu bash site, I don't see any reason *not* to go to version 3, but I tend to let any FreeBSD considerations trump others when coming up with installation standards. Thanks for any info, cheers, DW ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: bash version?
Duane Winner wrote: Hi all, I use bash instead of the default csh shell that is part of FreeBSD world. I am revising my in-house installation manual for FreeBSD 5.3, and it just came my attention that there is (actually has been I guess) bash version 3 available as a port. But FreeBSD appears to want to use 2.05b as the default. Does anybody know of any good reason why I should stick to 2.05b? I would like to use the latest stable version, but I don't want to go to version 3 if there are any issues that might bite me in the butt or if it will disrupt any other FreeBSD convention/issue that I don't know about. Looking at the the gnu bash site, I don't see any reason *not* to go to version 3, but I tend to let any FreeBSD considerations trump others when coming up with installation standards. Thanks for any info, cheers, DW shells/bash (in ports) is now 3.0. Maybe there just isn't a (pre-compiled) package yet. I use 3.0 on my 5.3 system, and I am still using 2.05b on my 4.9 system. I haven't actually noticed any differences. -- Tabor Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tabor.taborandtashell.net ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: bash version?
On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 11:00:52AM -0500, Duane Winner wrote: Hi all, I use bash instead of the default csh shell that is part of FreeBSD world. I am revising my in-house installation manual for FreeBSD 5.3, and it just came my attention that there is (actually has been I guess) bash version 3 available as a port. But FreeBSD appears to want to use 2.05b as the default. FreeBSD uses whatever version of bash you tell it to (none are used by default). bash 1.x, 2.x and 3.x are available in the ports tree. Kris pgpXvsQjiQ1QT.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: bash version?
Kris Kennaway wrote: On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 11:00:52AM -0500, Duane Winner wrote: Hi all, I use bash instead of the default csh shell that is part of FreeBSD world. I am revising my in-house installation manual for FreeBSD 5.3, and it just came my attention that there is (actually has been I guess) bash version 3 available as a port. But FreeBSD appears to want to use 2.05b as the default. FreeBSD uses whatever version of bash you tell it to (none are used by default). bash 1.x, 2.x and 3.x are available in the ports tree. If you install from port, then yes, all three are available and you have to choose. But up until now, we have always installed bash (and emacs) as additional packages during the initial CD installation, and it was always version 2.05 that ended up being installed. I'm changing our procedures so that we have cleaner installations, and not installing bash or emacs during the install anymore, but rather as the first ports we install after a our intial cvsup, in an effort to get rid of dependency conflicts (primarly expat) that need special instructions. That's when I discovered that there was a version 3 of bash available. Kris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
