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Old 01-14-2007
Upgrading bash on Darwin (osx)
Hi,

I have installed bash 3.2 via darwin ports, however when I try and change the shell i.e. chsh -s /opt/local/bin/bash is says its a non-standard shell? but if i run ./bash i get a new bash prompt with version 3.2?

Thanks
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Old 01-14-2007
I don't use darwin, but usually there is a file /etc/shells that you would need to update.
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Old 01-14-2007
Thanks,

do i just need to reference the new version and then run chsh?
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Old 01-14-2007
Add:
/opt/local/bin/bash
to it.
 
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