Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!mirror!necntc!necis!mrst!apollo!brian From: brian@apollo.COM (Brian Holt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Re: sr10 BSD 4.3 /bin/sh bug fix Message-ID: <3ff6fae4.18e92@apollo.COM> Date: 30 Nov 88 00:27:00 GMT References: <17939@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Reply-To: brian@apollo.COM (Brian Holt) Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, MA Lines: 22 In article <17939@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> dj@dorsai.cognet.ucla.edu (David J. Wells) writes: > >ENVIRONMENT: SR10.0 BSD 4.3 >DESCRIPTION: /bin/sh recognizes the ksh variable ENV, so most Bourne > Shell scripts try to execute your ksh environment script > (typically ~/.kshrc). Standard BSD 4.3 does not exhibit > this behavior. Two examples of affected software are > Pnews and lint, both /bin/sh scripts. > This problem was noted after sr10 shipped. It has been fixed in sr10.1. The Bourne Shell now looks for SHENV instead of ENV. =brian Disclaimer: I don't work on this stuff anymore, I just tend to keep my ears open. -- Internet: brian@apollo.COM UUCP: {decvax,mit-erl,yale}!apollo!brian NETel: Apollo: 508-256-6600 x5694 Home: 617-332-3073 FISA: 617-964-8938 USPS: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford MA Home: 29 Trowbridge St. Newton MA (Copyright 1988 by author. All rights reserved. Free redistribution allowed.)