On 11/1/07, Mario Goebbels <me at tomservo.cc> wrote:
> > /bin/sh -c 'print ${.sh.version}'
> > /bin/sh: bad substitution
> >
> > I hoped Indiana would improve things and deliver the ksh 93 as
> > /bin/sh, but no, it is just the same bourne shell as in Solaris. No
> > improvement. Indiana doesn't improve things for developers.
> >
> > The choice for /bin/bash as user shell for 'Jack' and 'root' is a SHAME.
>
> Ok, now people start just picking fights over nothing.

Fight over nothing? What about those people who worked hard and
accepted community input? It's a slap in their face, that's it.

> Change your shell
> with usermod and be happy.

You can't replace /bin/sh with usermod. I'm writing applications and
hoped Indiana would upgrade /bin/sh to a modern shell like ksh 93.
That's why I said this ignorance is a deep disappointment and a bad
sign for the future of Indina and Opensolaris.

Jenny
-- 
Jennifer Pioch, Uni Frankfurt

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