RE: Inapplicable "No such file or directory" Message

[Andrew Piziali]

Chet, you wrote:

>   I get this message when using the /bin/bash shipped by Red Hat with
>   the same kernel version you're using on RH 8.0.  When I build a
>   version of bash-2.05b myself on the same system, the error message
>   is "Permission Denied".  I don't know how Red Hat built /bin/bash,
>   but I advise you to build your own copy if this issue is important
>   to you.

I rebuilt the bash-2.05b-5.1 rpm on my Red Hat Linux 8.0 system and
(re-)installed it.  It reports the same false error message as the
version delivered with Red Hat Linux 8.0.  This leads me to believe that
one or more of the Red Hat patches to 2.05b has introduced the problem.

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