Re: Changing user login shell to new bash release

[Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev]

sourcing doesnt use #!
only ./script uses #!
. script == the shell running
bash script, the bash that gets spawned by $PATH

not copying over new versions is a normal thing but see /bin/bash of 4.x
instead of 5 or 5.dev makes me not be on such a crappy system :)

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 04:34 Khan Smith <khansmith@mail.com> wrote:

>
> If I source my scripts (my scripts having #!/usr/local/bin/bash) from my
> .bashrc, would that
> be good enough?  I only need version 5 for some small things in one of my
> scripts.
>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 2:06 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
> when it doesnt work, like you describe, non working system
> boot with init=/bin/bash or /bin/bash.bak1
>
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 04:05 Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev <fxmbsw7@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> > 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?
> >> >
> >>
> >
>