On Sunday, 19 September 2021 15:25:48 AEST Alexar Pendashteh via luv-main wrote: > I noticed the server is running *GNU bash, version 4.2.46(2)-release* > Whereas I have always been on version 5. > > I don't have the access to upgrade the version. So, the questions are: > > 1. Is there a way to manually use bash v5 without root access?
Download the source and compile it. Bash doesn't seem to have as many dependencies as I remember it having so maybe bash 5 inlined some of the code for things it needed. > 2. Is it important or worth making the script compatible with bash v4? How big is your script? If it's a small script then changing the script will be easier, if it's a big/complex script that's run on other systems as well then maybe compiling bash will be easier. Check whether there is still security support for the distribution in question and make a case for upgrading the entire server. CentOS 7 (which includes that version of bash) ended "full support" on 2020-08-06, is that combined with CentOS going away (if it's CentOS) a reason to upgrade the server? -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
