* Jennifer Pioch (piochjennifer at googlemail.com) wrote:
> 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.
So did we not do enough to get the message out that this first release
is a *PREVIEW*? It's a rolling work-in-progress. Rome wasn't built in
a day, etc etc etc.
I'm not saying that there are plans to change /bin/sh to ksh93 (I
honestly don't know if there are) but that doesn't mean it can't be
discussed and possibly implemented in a future release.
This isn't your parent's Solaris boys and girls. The rules are
going to be different. It's OpenSolaris and it's a different ball game.
--
Glenn Lagasse
Solaris Install
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
x21293, 781-442-1293
