On Sun, Mar 07, 1999 at 08:28:00PM +0000, M.C. Vernon wrote: > On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > * alpha.gnu.org/pub/gnu/hurd/contrib/marcus/cross-install.Z > > * alpha.gnu.org/pub/gnu/hurd/contrib/marcus/native-install.Z > > * alpha.gnu.org/pub/gnu/hurd/contrib/marcus/dpkg-hurd.Z > > > > My scripts are not compressed, especially not with a non-free compression > > algorithm! > > > > Same for this one: > > ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gnu-0.2/grub-boot.image.Z > > According to my sunsite mirror they are....strange. They don't appear to > be compressed on the original site tho - perhaps the sunsite mirroring > program compresses scripts by default?
Maybe it supports compression on the fly? Can you access the files without the suffix, too? > > "Eventually, you will get a prompt. First, get that nice Bourne again shell: > > bash" > > > > Why? The prompt already is a bash shell. > > Ah. Last time I single-user booted I got sh. Is that bash in disguise, or > am I just out of date (slink CDs are taking up lots of time atm)? sh is bash in disguise :) It's a symlink. On a Debian system, policy says that sh must be a link to any POSIX shell. Currently, there is only bash and probably ash. However, if you use bash specific features in your shell, you should start it with "#!/bin/bash" and not "#!/bin/sh". Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
