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From: Eric Martin <freak4uxxx@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Bash 3.2/3.1 compatibility?
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:57:42
Message-Id: 47373334.5060104@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Bash 3.2/3.1 compatibility? by Willie Wong
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4 Willie Wong wrote:
5 > On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 11:13:10AM +0200, Penguin Lover Etaoin
6 > Shrdlu squawked:
7 >>> The question:
8 >>>
9 >>> Is there a switch that I can use to make bash run in some sort
10 >>> of compatibility mode for the string comparison? I.e, can I
11 >>> somehow force bash (in the script) to behave like before?
12 >> Low-tech solution: can't you just install bash 3.1 manually
13 >> somewhere, create a symlink /bin/bash31 to it, and put
14 >> #!/bin/bash31 at the beginning of your scripts?
15 >
16 > Yes I could.. but the amount of work it takes for me to do that and
17 > remember that I did it is probably comparable to going back and
18 > updating all my shell scripts.
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20 sed 's$!#/bin/bash$!#/bin/bash31' *.sh
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