I took the recommendations from several readers of this list to try the bash_2.01 upgrade from the unstable tree to fix the problems I was having with Netscape 4.0x not being able to use the plugins for various files (.pdf, .ram, etc.).
I quickly realized I was not so brave as to simply install the binary from the unstable tree as their were way to many dependency changes that I did not want to make. So, I did try to compile the 2.01 bash source with my present system. I found that this worked! Further all the pluging features of Netscape 4.0x worked as well. I thought all was well until... I needed to reboot my system this morning, and it would not. I was able to figure out it was failing in /etc/init.d/boot, which happened to be the first utilization of /bin/sh which is linked to the new /bin/bash. It took me a while to figure this out, but I basically put back the old bash 2.00, and my system rebooted fine. So, in my case, I will wait for the next stable release of Debian, and I can do without Netscape 4.0x and use 3.01. In my personal opinion, the 4.0x version is a memory hog, is much slower in many respects, and generally not worth it at this point. -- /------------------------------------------------------------------\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX: (423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \------------------------------------------------------------------/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .