Re: [indiana-discuss] [caiman-discuss] /bin/sh and bash - deep disappointment

2007-11-01 Thread Shawn Walker
On 01/11/2007, Jennifer Pioch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/1/07, Lurie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Writing scripts with the assumption that /bin/sh is ksh93 is in itself a > > very bad idea. And you can always do #!/usr/bin/ksh93 > > Why? Did you even try the alternative or are you just s

Re: [indiana-discuss] [caiman-discuss] /bin/sh and bash - deep disappointment

2007-11-01 Thread Glynn Foster
Chris Pickett wrote: > On 11/1/07, Dave Miner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Jennifer Pioch wrote: >>> /bin/sh -c 'print ${.sh.version}' >>> /bin/sh: bad substitution >>> >>> I hoped Indiana would improve things and deliver the ksh 93 as >>> /bin/sh, but no, it is just the same bourne shell as in

Re: [indiana-discuss] [caiman-discuss] /bin/sh and bash - deep disappointment

2007-11-01 Thread Mario Goebbels
> Fight over nothing? What about those people who worked hard and > accepted community input? It's a slap in their face, that's it. ksh93 was ported because people asked for it and there was a long lingering ARC. That didn't imply instant inclusion. Solaris shipped with ksh88 since quite some time

Re: [indiana-discuss] [caiman-discuss] /bin/sh and bash - deep disappointment

2007-11-01 Thread Mario Goebbels
> /bin/sh -c 'print ${.sh.version}' > /bin/sh: bad substitution > > I hoped Indiana would improve things and deliver the ksh 93 as > /bin/sh, but no, it is just the same bourne shell as in Solaris. No > improvement. Indiana doesn't improve things for developers. > > The choice for /bin/bash as us

Re: [indiana-discuss] [caiman-discuss] /bin/sh and bash - deep disappointment

2007-11-01 Thread Chris Pickett
On 11/1/07, Mario Goebbels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > /bin/sh -c 'print ${.sh.version}' > > /bin/sh: bad substitution > > > > I hoped Indiana would improve things and deliver the ksh 93 as > > /bin/sh, but no, it is just the same bourne shell as in Solaris. No > > improvement. Indiana doesn't i

Re: [indiana-discuss] [caiman-discuss] /bin/sh and bash - deep disappointment

2007-11-01 Thread Chris Pickett
On 11/1/07, Dave Miner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jennifer Pioch wrote: > > /bin/sh -c 'print ${.sh.version}' > > /bin/sh: bad substitution > > > > I hoped Indiana would improve things and deliver the ksh 93 as > > /bin/sh, but no, it is just the same bourne shell as in Solaris. No > > improvemen

Re: [indiana-discuss] [caiman-discuss] /bin/sh and bash - deep disappointment

2007-11-01 Thread Dave Miner
Jennifer Pioch wrote: > /bin/sh -c 'print ${.sh.version}' > /bin/sh: bad substitution > > I hoped Indiana would improve things and deliver the ksh 93 as > /bin/sh, but no, it is just the same bourne shell as in Solaris. No > improvement. Indiana doesn't improve things for developers. > > The choi

Re: [indiana-discuss] [caiman-discuss] /bin/sh and bash - deep disappointment

2007-11-01 Thread Glenn Lagasse
* Jennifer Pioch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On 11/1/07, Mario Goebbels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > /bin/sh -c 'print ${.sh.version}' > > > /bin/sh: bad substitution > > > > > > I hoped Indiana would improve things and deliver the ksh 93 as > > > /bin/sh, but no, it is just the same bourne sh

Re: [indiana-discuss] [caiman-discuss] /bin/sh and bash - deep disappointment

2007-11-01 Thread Jennifer Pioch
On 11/1/07, Lurie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Writing scripts with the assumption that /bin/sh is ksh93 is in itself a very > bad idea. And you can always do #!/usr/bin/ksh93 Why? Did you even try the alternative or are you just saying GNU tools must be everywhere? Jenny -- Jennifer Pioch, Uni

Re: [indiana-discuss] [caiman-discuss] /bin/sh and bash - deep disappointment

2007-11-01 Thread Lurie
Writing scripts with the assumption that /bin/sh is ksh93 is in itself a very bad idea. And you can always do #!/usr/bin/ksh93 -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.open

Re: [indiana-discuss] [caiman-discuss] /bin/sh and bash - deep disappointment

2007-11-01 Thread Jennifer Pioch
On 11/1/07, Mario Goebbels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > /bin/sh -c 'print ${.sh.version}' > > /bin/sh: bad substitution > > > > I hoped Indiana would improve things and deliver the ksh 93 as > > /bin/sh, but no, it is just the same bourne shell as in Solaris. No > > improvement. Indiana doesn't i