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10.4: Update to a newer bash shell
Authored by: vykor on Sep 06, '06 08:17:05AM

The "powerpc" in the version string is most likely indicative of the build machine - as in, the bash binary was (cross-)compiled on a PowerPC box. It is good practice to always use the file or lipo commands to detect the architecture of a given executable, rather than examining arbitrary compile-time strings.

You should consider using bash 3.1 (and apply all available patches) if you're going to upgrade anyway.



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10.4: Update to a newer bash shell
Authored by: jvl001 on Sep 06, '06 08:50:06AM

For example, the command line command:
file `which bash`

in 10.4 returns:

/bin/bash: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures
/bin/bash (for architecture i386): Mach-O executable i386
/bin/bash (for architecture ppc): Mach-O executable ppc



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