Re: GNUstep make Solaris 2.8 glitch

[Chris B . Vetter]

On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 16:24:25 +0100 (BST)
Nicola Pero <nicola@brainstorm.co.uk> wrote:
[...]
> It's a bit sad, but maybe this is the best solution in practice - I
> received a couple of private emails with precisely this suggestion - that
> on Solaris trying to use /bin/sh is going to cause headaches forever and
> that everyone using Solaris is actually using a POSIX shell instead (such
> as zsh - which if I understood currectly is shipped with solaris too -, or
> bash).

Both, actually, if not quite up-to-date... (haven't tested Sol9 yet)

  :0> uname -sr
  SunOS 5.8
  :0> ls -olaF /bin/*sh
  -r-xr-xr-x   1 root      516392 Jan  5  2000 /bin/bash*
  -r-xr-xr-x   2 root      159212 Apr 18  2001 /bin/csh*
  -r-xr-xr-x   4 root       95316 Apr  3  2001 /bin/jsh*
  -r-xr-xr-x   3 root      200940 May 31  2001 /bin/ksh*
  lrwxrwxrwx   1 root           5 Jun 24  2001 /bin/remsh -> ./rsh*
  -r-xr-xr-x   3 root      200940 May 31  2001 /bin/rksh*
  -r-sr-xr-x   1 root        8964 Jan  5  2000 /bin/rsh*
  -r-xr-xr-x   4 root       95316 Apr  3  2001 /bin/sh*
  -r-xr-xr-x   1 root      331332 Mar 15  2001 /bin/tcsh*
  -r-xr-xr-x   1 root      472788 Jan  5  2000 /bin/zsh*

> Objections anyone ? Is such an approach going to make someone unhappy ?

Certainly not me.

-- 
Chris