Changing user login shell to new bash release

[Khan Smith]

   If I source my scripts (my scripts having #!/usr/local/bin/bash) from
   my .bashrc, would that
   be good enough?  I only need version 5 for some small things in one of
   my scripts.

   Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 2:06 AM
   From: "Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev" <fxmbsw7@gmail.com>
   To: "Khan Smith" <khansmith@mail.com>
   Cc: "help-bash" <help-bash@gnu.org>
   Subject: Re: Changing user login shell to new bash release
   when it doesnt work, like you describe, non working system
   boot with init=/bin/bash or /bin/bash.bak1
   On Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 04:05 Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev <fxmbsw7@gmail.com>
   wrote:
   > well
   > i dont say root, i say user
   > but, old versions as u see are no good
   >
   > most scripts are
   > #!/bin/bash
   >
   > that static path
   > so look that that gets updated
   >
   > On Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 04:03 Khan Smith <khansmith@mail.com> wrote:
   >
   >>
   >> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 1:54 AM
   >> *From:* "Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev" <fxmbsw7@gmail.com>
   >> *To:* "Khan Smith" <khansmith@mail.com>
   >> *Cc:* "help-bash" <help-bash@gnu.org>
   >> *Subject:* Re: Changing user login shell to new bash release
   >> look in /etc/passwd if the new path really gets used
   >> or anyway on #! scripts u may only want /bin/bash
   >>
   >> so
   >>
   >> mv /bin/bash{,.bak1} ; cp /usr/local/bin/bash /bin
   >>
   >>
   >> I never, ever change the root account's shell to be something other
   than
   >> the system default.
   >> If ever something goes wrong on my system that results in root's
   shell
   >> being unavailable for
   >> some reason, you've pretty much got a dead system at that point.
   >>
   >>
   >>
   >> On Wed, Oct 13, 2021, 02:06 Khan Smith <khansmith@mail.com> wrote:
   >>
   >> >
   >> > I have system (Trisquel 9.0) with Bash Version 4.4.20. Have
   installed
   >> > Bash 5.1.8 using
   >> >
   >> > cd build
   >> > ../../../src/bash/bash-5.1.8/configure
   >> > make
   >> > sudo make install
   >> >
   >> > "which bash" is giving "/usr/local/bin/bash" and doing
   >> >
   >> > "/usr/local/bin/bash --version"
   >> >
   >> > gives
   >> >
   >> > GNU bash, version 5.1.8(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
   >> >
   >> > To change my login I will be doing
   >> >
   >> > 1. Add /usr/local/bin/bash to the file /etc/shells"
   >> > 2. Execute as myself the command "chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash"
   >> >
   >> > Would the procedure be correct to do?
   >> >
   >>
   >