Re: /bin/sh != /bin/bash

[Sven Rudolph <sr1@os.inf.tu-dresden.de>]

Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com> writes:

> 	The only comment I have is that /bin/sh should be a POSIX
>  /bin/sh. If ash fills that requirement, then we should make sure it
>  works. (The POSIX requirement, IIRC, is going to be a part of the
>  open UNIX specification).
> 
> 	Unfortunately, I don't think that ash fits the bill. Any
>  system with a non-POSIX /bin/sh would be broken. Can we massage ash
>  into POSIX compliance (none of the readline/history stuff that bash
>  does is required).

The *BSD people use ash, and they fixed many things towards POSIX
compliance. This could make a good starting point.

	Sven
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