Re: Changing user login shell to new bash release

[Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev]

i was asking recently the same
chet said its a valid way, but yet i couldnt manage it i think, to make it
work not sure
you just need to copy the bash binary, i mean would be enuff

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 05:01 Khan Smith <khansmith@mail.com> wrote:

>
> There is the option of building bash 5.1.8 from the compiled bash with
> PREFIX set to "/".   How would
> you comment on such approach?
>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 2:39 AM
> *From:* "Kerin Millar" <kfm@plushkava.net>
> *To:* "Khan Smith" <khansmith@mail.com>
> *Cc:* "Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev" <fxmbsw7@gmail.com>, "help-bash" <
> help-bash@gnu.org>
> *Subject:* Re: Changing user login shell to new bash release
> On Wed, 13 Oct 2021 04:34:46 +0200
> 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.
>
> No, it wouldn't. The documented behaviour of source is to "read and
> execute commands from FILENAME in the current shell". Anyway, the procedure
> that you described in the initial post is valid.
>
> --
> Kerin Millar
>