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SV: missing sh.exe in coreutils
> From: Brian Dessent [brian@dessent.net]
> Sent: 2005-08-15 10:45:59 CEST
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: missing sh.exe in coreutils
>
> Sigurd Nes wrote:
>
> > Is sh.exe missing from coreutils?
> >
> > I am not able to use sh after a upgrade - and sh-utils is listed as _obsolete
>
> First, sh is not a part of coreutils nor its predecessor sh-utils.
> Until recently, /bin/sh has been ash, in the package 'ash'. Now it is a
> copy of /bin/bash, from the package 'bash'. The new bash postinstall
> script is supposed to make this change for you when upgrading, but
> because the shell itself is used to run the script it does not always
> work. You can just manually run /etc/postinstall/00bash.sh.done and it
> should fix things. Or re-run setup and set 'bash' to reinstall.
>
> Brian
>
Thanks - that worked
Sigurd
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