cvs commit: CVSROOT modules ports/shells Makefile ports/shells/bash3 Makefile distinfo pkg-deinstall pkg-descr pkg-install pkg-plist ports/shells/bash3/files patch-ac patch-af patch-bashline.c patch-builtins_shopt.def patch-config-bot.h ...

David O'Brien obrien at FreeBSD.ORG
Wed Aug 11 19:55:15 PDT 2004


On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 12:33:52AM +0200, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
> Garrett Wollman wrote:
> 
> ><<On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 18:11:52 +0200, Oliver Eikemeier 
> ><eikemeier at fillmore-labs.com> said:
> >
> >>a good idea, just do it. I'm fine with deleting bash1, but I think we
> >>should keep bash2 around a little longer, unfortunately the bugs in the
> >>.0 release seem not to be purely hypothetical
> >
> >I would miss bash1.  (Not that I'm volunteering to maintain it or
> >anything.)
> 
> Any reasons for that? Which means, do you actually use it? It conflicts 
> with the other bash ports, and the last release was 1996.

What is wrong with keeping it?  It seems its existance bothers you.
Bash1 complient scripts and dot files are often not usable with bash2.
That is why we've kept it around.

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-- David  (obrien at FreeBSD.org)


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