Hi, I have taken the freedom of summarizing the "proper" way of configuring Bash as per this discussion
################################################################## Proper setting of BASH: $ port install bash Testing current configuration: $ which bash /opt/local/bin/bash $ bash --version GNU bash, version 4.2.29(2)-release (i386-apple-darwin10.8.0) Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. $ echo $SHELL /bin/bash $ echo $BASH /bin/bash $Test the settings for your account as present in the dscl database: dscl . -read /Users/yourusername | grep ‘UserShell:’ UserShell: /bin/bash Configuring BASH: 1. Use your favorite text processor sudo emacs /etc/shells add: /opt/local/bin/bash as first on the list save 2. Run: chsh -u your_username -s /opt/local/bin/bash Testing Proper Configuration: $ which bash /opt/local/bin/bash $ bash --version GNU bash, version 4.2.29(2)-release (i386-apple-darwin10.8.0) Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. $ echo $BASH /opt/local/bin/bash $ echo $SHELL /opt/local/bin/bash $Test the settings for your account as present in the dscl database: dscl . -read /Users/yourusername | grep ‘UserShell:’ /opt/local/bin/bash ################################################################## I found that there is no need to: Go to Terminal>Preferences>Startup>Command (complete path): Add to the top of the list: /opt/local/bin/bash -l These settings can be left default (I am running MacOSX10.6.8) Now my question to all of you is: Does one need to do this for the ‘root’ account as well? Thanks --R _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
