[ClusterLabs] Antw: [EXT] /etc/profile.d/which2.sh bug in RHEL/OL 8.5 can impact shell scripts

[Hayden, Robert]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Users <users-bounces at clusterlabs.org> On Behalf Of Ulrich Windl
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2022 2:01 AM
> To: users at clusterlabs.org
> Subject: [ClusterLabs] Antw: [EXT] /etc/profile.d/which2.sh bug in RHEL/OL
> 8.5 can impact shell scripts
>
> >>> "Hayden, Robert via Users" <users at clusterlabs.org> schrieb am
> 30.01.2022
> um
> 00:00 in Nachricht
> <DM6PR01MB5596D31A54575EBAEA4372ECD5239 at DM6PR01MB5596.prod.e
> xchangelabs.com>:
>
> é>1> Just an FYI ‑ there is a bug[1] in /etc/profile.d/which2.sh script that
> can
> > cause ksh scripts to fail.   This impacted a Cluster when I upgraded to
> > Oracle Linux 8.5.  We have a custom resource that calls a ksh script.
> Within
> > that ksh script we were sourcing /etc/profile.   This in turn, sources the
> > /etc/profile.d/which2.sh script.   The which2.sh script returned an error
> > that cascaded back through our Cluster Suite resource shell script causing
> > the node to evict.   I downloaded Red Hat's proposed fix and that resolved
> my
> > ksh script issues.   I am hoping that Red Hat releases the correction for
> > RHEL 8.5.
>
> Out of curiosity: Can ksh do anything bash can't, or is it just the other way
> 'round?
> I haven't used ksh, but I switched from csh to bash once it had command
> history and editing.
> I never felt I need something different...
>

We are an old IBM/AIX shop, so some associates still like to code in korn shell.  Habits die hard.

Robert


> Regards,
> Ulrich
>


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