From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3258 invoked by alias); 11 Oct 2014 20:10:28 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 19235 Received: (qmail 22752 invoked from network); 11 Oct 2014 20:10:28 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 From: Bart Schaefer Message-id: <141011131053.ZM28143@torch.brasslantern.com> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 13:10:52 -0700 In-reply-to: <54397CC0.9070206@eastlink.ca> Comments: In reply to Ray Andrews "zsh 5.0.7" (Oct 11, 11:53am) References: <54397CC0.9070206@eastlink.ca> X-Mailer: OpenZMail Classic (0.9.2 24April2005) To: zsh-users@zsh.org Subject: Re: zsh 5.0.7 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Oct 11, 11:53am, Ray Andrews wrote: } } I installed the latest 5.0.7 and it seems to have made two copies of } itself in /usr/local/bin: } } -rwxr-xr-x 2 693K 2014-10-11//11:07:41 zsh-5.0.7* } -rwxr-xr-x 2 693K 2014-10-11//11:07:41 zsh* Not two copies, note the link count of 2. Two hardlinks to the same file. } But even after a reboot: } } $ zsh --version } zsh 5.0.6 (i586-pc-linux-gnu) } } This in spite of "VERSION=5.0.7" in the sources. That just means there's another $^path/zsh before /usr/local/bin/zsh. } Following the pointers: } } /usr/bin/zsh ends up being /bin/zsh5, which seems to be the '5.0.6' version. That was probably installed by your OS distribution. } It sounds easy to fix, but I wonder what I did wrong. You didn't do anything wrong; zsh's default install is designed to avoid stepping on files from the OS that may be under control of a package manager.