From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 4 02:37:57 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 730FE16A41F for ; Wed, 4 Jul 2007 02:37:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (agora.rdrop.com [199.26.172.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 552FC13C457 for ; Wed, 4 Jul 2007 02:37:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (66@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.7) with ESMTP id l642bsHe097517 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 3 Jul 2007 19:37:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.9/Submit) with UUCP id l642bsJN097516; Tue, 3 Jul 2007 19:37:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fbsd61 ([192.168.200.61]) by pluto.rain.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-pluto-M2060407) id AA25361; Tue, 3 Jul 07 19:31:35 PDT Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:34:20 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: freebsd@celestial.com Message-Id: <468b072c.U1AQhNvKe3aLmLhT%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <200707031344.l63DiEbo098703@dc.cis.okstate.edu> <20070703163610.GA6012@ayn.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <20070703163610.GA6012@ayn.mi.celestial.com> User-Agent: nail 11.25 7/29/05 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The worst error message in history belongs to... BIND9! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:37:57 -0000 > >> This is actually just the difference between sh and bash ... > > > >differences in, say, arithmetic handling and loops can sometimes > >mean rewriting parts of shell scripts depending on whether it is > >going to run in BSD or Linux. > > That's a major argument for doing things in python or perl as > they are consistent across all platforms ... If one is going to require the installation of something that may not be part of a base system, that something might as well be bash :)