'for' unexpected.

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2003-04-09 19:39, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> Scott Carmichael <freebsd at jobeus.net> wrote:
> > > So, anyways, anyone know what this could be? I can't seem to even type
> > > a 'for' statement in sh and make it work. Eek.
> >
> > See the archives. This is a problem reported earlier this week.
> >
> > Work around:
> > cd /usr/src/bin/sh
> > make clean
> > make
> > make install
> > cd /usr/src
> > make installworld
>
> Using a userland and kernel from Sunday, April 6 2003, I hit this when
> trying to upgrade to today's current too.  Unfortunately, rebuilding
> /bin/sh didn't quite work while I was in single-user mode...  Probably
> because the file /bin/sh is 'in use'.  I've brought my workstation
> up by running while in single user mode:
>
> 	# exec /bin/csh
> 	name# cp /usr/local/bin/bash /bin/sh
> 	name# exit
>
> I'll try rebuilding now.  Who knows *why* this happens?  I think it
> definitely deserves an UPDATING entry.

Nope.  No use.  If I let /usr/src/bin/sh overwrite my /bin/sh it bombs
out later while installing games/* with the same error.  For the moment,
I've replaced /bin/sh with a static copy of bash :-(

Tim, is this a known problem?  Is anyone looking into this already?

- Giorgos