From: thepixelfreak on
On 2010-06-01 15:09:09 -0700, "Geoffrey S. Mendelson"
<gsm(a)cable.mendelson.com> said:

> thepixelfreak wrote:
>> Bullshit. I've copied /bin/bash to a different directory as sh and it
>> still fails to work in compatibility mode.
>
> It's the compile time options. See:
>
> http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/gnu/bash/html_chapter/bashref_9.html
>
> Look for "--enable-minimal-config" "This produces a shell with minimal
> features, close to the historical Bourne shell."
>
> /bin/sh was compiled from a source package with this option. /bin/bash was
> compiled from the SAME source package without it.
>
> Geoff.

Most cogent answer yet. Thanks for the link.
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thepixelfreak