Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 07:27:27 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> To: Craig Harding <crh@outpost.co.nz> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What to tell to Linux-centric people?! Message-ID: <199907281128.HAA20823@smtp2.erols.com> In-Reply-To: <19990728051209.6291815444@hub.freebsd.org>
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On 28-Jul-99 Craig Harding wrote: > Terry Lambert wrote: > >> Speaking for myself, it's because people who don't know better >> depend upon its features, rendering shell scripts non-portable. >> >> In order to run these scripts, you have to install bash. >> >> In order to do that, you have to run "configure". >> >> In order to do that, you have to install GNU "make". > > You must be doing it the hard way, Terry. I usually find: > > $ cd /usr/ports/shells/bash2 > $ make install > > works fine. His point is more general than FreeBSD. Digital UNIX doesn't have a ports system for example. Thus, in order to install bash on Digital UNIX, you do have to do that extra couple of steps that you might not have to do with csh or tcsh or whatnot. --- John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> -- http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/ PGP Key: http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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