[ sorry, had to steal this quote since my quick fingers deleted the original ] On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 07:58:57PM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > * Jason Majors (jason@kwiqsilver.org) spake thusly: > > Where I work we need to use oracle 9i (I'm pushing for mySQL conversion) on > > Linux boxes to communicate with oracle 8i on a Solaris box. > > Our DBA tried to do the 9i install (when he looked for a "d drive" I got > > scared), and keeps having problems that he won't share with the rest of us. > > So, you don't want to get anywhere close to the DBA (this is exactly > what'll happen to you if you get Orrible to install -- Jason set it up, > let Jason fix $PROBLEM). > > > He talked to oracle support and they said that since debian doesn't have a > > bourne shell, Uh, what? bash is a bourne shell (and then some). ash is probably a more "pure" bourne shell; it's not clear to me whether it strives more for bourne or POSIX compliance. Who told you debian didn't have a bourne shell? I'd request that they reach between their legs, grasp their neck firmly and pull hard ... they just _might_ pull their head out of their ass. -- Nathan Norman - Micromuse Ltd. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com Gil-galad was an Elven-king. | The Fellowship Of him the harpers sadly sing: | of the last whose realm was fair and free | the Ring between the Mountains and the Sea. | J.R.R. Tolkien
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