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Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 17:15:20 +0100 (BST)
From: Nick Burch <nick AT torchbox DOT com>
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Subject: RE: Bug Report: python os.popen seems to have recently been broken
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On Mon, 8 Aug 2005, Dave Korn wrote:
>> Not Found: sh
>
>  That'll be it.  All system (...) calls are critically dependent on sh
> existing and being runnable!  Re-run setup and select 'Reinstall' for bash,
> or manually run the postinstall script, or just "cp /bin/bash.exe
> /bin/sh.exe", then have another go....

Bingo! I reinstalled bash, and it now works :)

Not the first place I'd go checking for python problems, but never mind!

Cheers for the help

Nick

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