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From: "Brian K. White" <linut@squonk.net>
Subject: Re: Replacing /bin/sh with bash
References: <940hub$e5t$1@panix3.panix.com> <3A642D60.48FB46D5@aplawrence.com> <3A643284.5F8CB2DC@davidaustinroses.co.uk> <3A6436BF.62A5B20A@aplawrence.com> 
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 08:30:13 GMT

Tony Lawrence wrote:
> 
> Mike Kenyon - David Austin Roses Limited wrote:
> >
> > Tony Lawrence wrote:
> > > Don't [replace /bin/sh with bash]
> > >
> > > If you want you ordinary users to use bash, fine.  But replacing
> > > it as you contemplate would definitely break all kinds of things.
> >
> > Isn't bash compatible with sh? What sort of things will break?
> 
> It is NOT entirely compatible with /bin/sh, no.  There are
> numerous differences, including the annoying handling of echo.

which usually needs expanding upon...
the difference between the built-in "echo" in sh vs bash sounds like a
cosmetic issue, but it's a bit more than cosmetic when no one on your 90
user system can print a thing but garbage. and depending on how well
you've learned the lessons unix has definetly clubbed you over the head
with before about making assumptions, you may insist for a little while
that the last thing you did (installed bash and made it root's normal
shell) could possibly have anything to do with this totally unrelated
printing problem that just happened to hit at the same time by a fluke.
good thing you've got bash though to help you burn through all the
commands faster with that great up-arrow and tab-completion and what-not.

now, just go ahead and say to thyself... ahhok, well, so I fixed the
printer interface scripts now and it's safe now right? and I'll just have
to shake my head and sigh at the unfortunate number of hard lessons you
are destined to suffer yet before true enlightenment descends and
envelopes you. But, keep plugging. It will come. Because you even *use*
unix without a gun pointed at you, that alone speake massively for your
taste and capacity and so I'm sure it will come!

:)

PS - you'll just have to trust me this was intended to humor, not insult.
I don't expect a smily to be proof, since I know waty too many who put
smilys on the nastiest messages like that makes it any better. you know
the type, they do the same exact thing in person face to face and over the
phone.

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