Re: what options do we have was Re: POSIX shell\; bash ash pdksh \& /bin/sh
Hi,
>>"Herbert" == Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> writes:
Herbert> Shaleh <shaleh@livenet.net> wrote:
>> Now that we have things settling I ask -- what options does Debian have
>> for a POSIX shell? Ash I am told is not good enough. As I see it that
Herbert> Wrong. ash is just as good (if not better) as pdksh or bash.
Actually, ash is rather more restrive than bash is at least,
and from what I can tell, even compared to pdksh; and fails on more
scripts than the other two, so it is less suited as a /bin/sh
replacement.
We should be decreasing the chances of /bin/sh falling over,
rather than increasing it.
Local admins may have other considerations (I am told speed is
a factor, as is swap and memory cxonsumption).
manoj
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