[Summary - Netscape fails when launching helper apps under bash 2.0 because of a bug handling nested parens.]
Daniel wrote: > This is a known bash bug, and bash 2.01 fixes it. I have a bash 2.01 > compiled for my bo system - if anyone wants it, it's available in: > http://www.math.jhu.edu/~martind/bash/ along with libreadline, etc. - > unfortunately (because, IMHO, the admins of this web server are being > annoyingly paranoid in their server configuration) all of the debian > files have the extension .deb.bin instead of .deb - this is to keep > the server from sending them as type text/plain. (Hopefully this > won't confuse anyone) I got the files and installed them, and it does indeed fix the problem. One unintended consequence is that the new libreadline breaks ncftp, which wants the older one. I can live with this, until I manage to rebuild ncftp. - Jim -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .