On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 07:50:10 -0800 (PST)
Darren Dunham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> >  Hi, are there any implications associated with setting /bin/sh
> > symlink to point to /usr/xpg4/bin/sh? Will it break anything?
> 
> It's certainly not supported and could break things.
> 
> /bin/sh and /usr/xpg4/bin/sh are not identical.  Some script may be
> relying on /bin/sh behavior and fail under the xpg4 version.
> 
> I don't know that such scripts are common, but you're definitely on your
> own if you try it.  It seems like a drastic change though.  Any
> particular reason you want to do this?

Well I build various software packages on Solaris, it would make things easier
if /bin/sh was a Posix compliant shell.
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