It's a POSIX-ism. I wasn't paying attention during the 13.x days (last time I did fbsd was around 5-CURRENT) but I suspect someone pushed for POSIX compliance.
On Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM np <[email protected]> wrote: > Probably but I was surprised this is not the same behaviour under 13.x. Or > a default option has changed in sh ? > > Somewhat strange that a non-existing file does not reset the hash table > automatically! > > > Le 28 novembre 2025 00:02:05 GMT+01:00, Brandon Allbery < > [email protected]> a écrit : > >> Don't you have to 'hash -r' after moving cached executables? >> >> On Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM np <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> for example, given a script /usr/local/bin/a.sh which outputs "ok", then >>> login to a console as root (for simplicity): >>> >>> root# a.sh >>> ok >>> root# mv /usr/local/bin/a.sh /usr/bin >>> root# a.sh >>> >>> On 15.0-RC4, sh will report here that a.sh is not found, even if PATH >>> has /usr/bin. But csh will find it. >>> >>> On 13.3 the script is found normally (did not check it on 14.x). >>> >>> Same thing for whatever program you want. Can you confirm this behaviour >>> ? >>> >>> Cordialement, >>> N.P. >>> >> >> >> -- brandon s allbery kf8nh [email protected]
