[MPlayer-users] Re: [PATCH] ./configure syntax error

Rémi Guyomarch rguyom at pobox.com
Sat Jan 4 12:49:33 CET 2003


On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 02:43:30AM -0800, Steven M. Schultz wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi -
> 
> > From: Anssi Saari <as at sci.fi>
> > > 	Is there a system that does not have 'bash'?
> > 
> > I'd assume there are lots, systems other than Linux. Certainly I never 
> 
> 	Hmmm, BSD/OS has bash in /bin - not sure about NetBSD or OpenBSD.
> 
> > had /bin/bash when I worked with Suns. My FreeBSD has bash in /usr/local/bin
> 
> 	Well, SUN sells a crippled system - not much of anything useful 
> 	installed unless you build it your self ;)
> 
> 	I'll have to check the FBSD system - I thought it had bash in /bin
> 	but you may be correct that /usr/local/bin is where bash is found.

{Free,Net,Open}BSD don't have bash. You can install it through the
port/package system, but it's a user decision, ie you can't count on
that.

Simply put, *BSD systems don't have bash.

-- 
Rémi



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