Re: Re: Is `#!/bin/sh' configurable?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alexander Klimov <ask(at)wisdom(dot)weizmann(dot)ac(dot)il>
Cc: Doug McNaught <doug(at)wireboard(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: Is `#!/bin/sh' configurable?
Date: 2001-05-10 13:39:44
Message-ID: 200105101339.f4ADdiv19279@candle.pha.pa.us
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We worked around the Ultrix /bin/sh problem for initdb. If that is the
only place there is a problem, we can keep the fix for 7.2.

> On 8 May 2001, Doug McNaught wrote:
>
> > Alexander Klimov <ask(at)wisdom(dot)weizmann(dot)ac(dot)il> writes:
> >
> > > Hi.
> > >
> > > On some systems /bin/sh is not Burne Shell, e.g. /bin/sh is tcsh, but
> >
> > *violent retching sounds*
> >
> > IMHO, any system where /bin/sh doesn't point to an at-least-somewhat
> > Bourne-compatible shell is broken by definition... Who perpetrated
> > this atrocity?
>
> Sorry, I was misleaded by
> >sh -c 'echo $SHELL'
> /bin/tcsh
>
> The /bin/sh is sh, but not SysV compatible -- there is /bin/sh5 for that.
>
> Regards,
> ASK
>
>
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