Re: Changing user login shell to new bash release

[Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev]

also, usually, traditionally, thers only /bin/bash path for it, for #!
everything else is less compatible

old distros with old sw copied out of other distros are no good imho either

im also not so happy about my debian, but it also has new sw

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 04:33 Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev <fxmbsw7@gmail.com> wrote:

> the chfn is the same as editing the /etc/passwd way, i only know that
>
> about #!, u only need that if u have a script in $PATH and wanna spawn it
> 'normally' by typing it
> then it gets used
> if u . in bashrc or bash file that bash gets used
>
> check if your distro has other trees with newer versions
> 5.1.8 is old
>
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 04:19 Khan Smith <khansmith@mail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 2:05 AM
>> *From:* "Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev" <fxmbsw7@gmail.com>
>> *To:* "Khan Smith" <khansmith@mail.com>
>> *Cc:* "help-bash" <help-bash@gnu.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: Changing user login shell to new bash release
>> well
>> i dont say root, i say user
>> but, old versions as u see are no good
>>
>> most scripts are
>> #!/bin/bash
>>
>> that static path
>> so look that that gets updated
>>
>> I would agree with that.  Old versions are no good.  Would need a few
>> more years
>> for distributions to pick up.  What would you say about the chsh route?
>>
>> Have thought about changing scripts to #!/usr/local/bin/bash but I am
>> sourcing from
>> my .bashrc so I have the functionality available on the console.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 04:03 Khan Smith <khansmith@mail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 1:54 AM
>> > *From:* "Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev" <fxmbsw7@gmail.com>
>> > *To:* "Khan Smith" <khansmith@mail.com>
>> > *Cc:* "help-bash" <help-bash@gnu.org>
>> > *Subject:* Re: Changing user login shell to new bash release
>> > look in /etc/passwd if the new path really gets used
>> > or anyway on #! scripts u may only want /bin/bash
>> >
>> > so
>> >
>> > mv /bin/bash{,.bak1} ; cp /usr/local/bin/bash /bin
>> >
>> >
>> > I never, ever change the root account's shell to be something other than
>> > the system default.
>> > If ever something goes wrong on my system that results in root's shell
>> > being unavailable for
>> > some reason, you've pretty much got a dead system at that point.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 02:06 Khan Smith <khansmith@mail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> > > I have system (Trisquel 9.0) with Bash Version 4.4.20. Have installed
>> > > Bash 5.1.8 using
>> > >
>> > > cd build
>> > > ../../../src/bash/bash-5.1.8/configure
>> > > make
>> > > sudo make install
>> > >
>> > > "which bash" is giving "/usr/local/bin/bash" and doing
>> > >
>> > > "/usr/local/bin/bash --version"
>> > >
>> > > gives
>> > >
>> > > GNU bash, version 5.1.8(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
>> > >
>> > > To change my login I will be doing
>> > >
>> > > 1. Add /usr/local/bin/bash to the file /etc/shells"
>> > > 2. Execute as myself the command "chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash"
>> > >
>> > > Would the procedure be correct to do?
>> > >
>> >
>>
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