Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 12:03:03 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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> From: "Tim Van Holder" <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 10:46:09 +0100
> 
> Yes - checking again with SHELL unset...
> Aha - 'shell command failed with no output'.
> 
> So, michel, the lack of bash is what's causing your problem.

No, using Bash is a way of working around the problem.  But users
shouldn't be required to use Bash (or even install it) to get simple
commands like what Michel reported to work.

See my other mail for the full story.