norman.walsh.name: Comments on /2006/10/10/edgyhttp://norman.walsh.name/2006/10/10/edgy/comments.atom2012-05-23T11:20:14.014361ZComment 1 on /2006/10/10/edgyhttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00012006-10-10T18:04:11Z2006-10-10T18:04:11ZIan Phillipsda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Shouldn't that title be: Postcards From The Edgy?

Comment 2 on /2006/10/10/edgyhttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00022006-10-10T18:13:37Z2006-10-10T18:13:37ZNorman Walshda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Yes, that would have been a better title. C'est la vie.

Comment 3 on /2006/10/10/edgyhttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00032006-10-10T19:35:58Z2006-10-10T19:35:58ZParandda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Regarding backing up mysql, are you looking for something more sophisticated than mysqldump ?

Comment 4 on /2006/10/10/edgyhttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00042006-10-10T19:36:48Z2006-10-10T19:36:48ZEd Daviesda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

So, the herpetological connection wasn't relevant to your decision to upgrade then? :-)

Comment 5 on /2006/10/10/edgyhttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00052006-10-10T20:05:22Z2006-10-10T20:05:22ZNorman Walshda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

No, mysqldump looks like the right thing. Thanks :-)

The herpetological connection did not escape me. The fact that I don't have any photographs of an eft is a real disappointment though. Something for next spring :-)

Comment 6 on /2006/10/10/edgyhttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00062006-10-11T02:20:52Z2006-10-11T02:20:52ZJohn Cowanda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

If you want stuff that only runs in bash, put it in .bashprofile, not .profile. Stuff in .profile should be written to run correctly in any Bourne-compatible shell (ash, dash, ksh, bash, ...).

There are real advantages to running scripts by default using a minimal Bourne shell like dash or its ancestor ash -- in particular, it's small and fast, properties bash seriously lacks. This is what's done on Solaris and BSD.

I'm not sure what the rationale is for having dash set $SHELL to /bin/bash is, though.

Comment 7 on /2006/10/10/edgyhttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00072006-10-22T07:01:41Z2006-10-22T07:01:41ZSteinar Bangda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709
My first question was "What's dash?" Google found me this and this, so now I know: The "Debian Almquist SHell".

You're sure making it the default shell wasn't a fluke/failure of the installation? Did you file a bug report? (it sounds like behaviour I don't won't, but I can't properly file a bug report until I've run into the problem myself, which won't be in a while I think).

FWIW I'm currently running pieces of software I'm depending on, that hasn't been installed using APT, because what I need is newer than what's packaged on Dapper (or on debian unstable for that matter). The packages are eclipse 3.2 and subversion 1.3.2.