Or you could just download a bash-static deb from 10.04 (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+package/bash-static https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+package/bas

Or you could just download a bash-static deb from 10.04 (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+package/bash-static https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+package/bash-static) and overwrite /bin/bash. It shouldn't cause any issues when upgrading, though you could back up the original. 8.04 is unsupported, and situations like this justify the effort of upgrading it to the latest LTS.