Re: ash vs. bash
Carlo Strozzi wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 12:21:49AM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> >> [...]
> >> system() instructions fork /bin/sh). Programs that expect system(3) to
> >> use a real bourne shell may fail if /bin/sh links to bash. Netscape is
> >> one of those, as it starts external players with "sh -c ((player %s); rm %s)"
> >> and the '((' chunk triggers bash's arithmetical expansion code, instead.
> >
> >Huh??
> >
> >$ bash -c "((echo hello); echo goodbye)"
> >hello
> >goodbye
> >$
>
> Oh, it has probably been fixed in recent versions of bash. This is something
> that use to happen to me one year ago or so, I have not checked recently.
> I apologieze. My main point was about speed though.
>
Cool. Well, I had another testimonial off-list by Steve Lamb, who uses
ash as his /bin/sh.
Anyone think of a reason why we shouldn't make this policy (does it have
to be policy, or can we just do it?)
Jules
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