Re: Several reasons why debian should not use bash for /bin/sh

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Subject: Re: Several reasons why debian should not use bash for /bin/sh
From: john@dhh.gt.org
Date: 31 Jul 1998 08:08:46 -0500
Message-id: <[🔎] 87u33ygobl.fsf@hasler.dhh>
In-reply-to: Herbert Xu's message of Fri, 31 Jul 1998 14:56:46 +1000
References: <[🔎] 19980731145646.A4974@gondor.apana.org.au>

Shaleh wrote:
> To my knowledge bourne does not support functions.

>From Kochan and Wood's 1985 book _Unix Shell Programming_:
"As of UNIX System V, Release 2, functions were added to the shell."

"Bourne shell" is not well defined. 
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI


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