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Re: ash vs. bash



On Sun, Jul 25, 1999 at 01:54:25PM +0200, I wrote:
> >     Yes, we can.  As people have pointed out they have switched to ash and
> > their systems are running perfectly fine.  So, obviously, "everything" is
> > *NOT* broken.
> 
> What if I have scripts on my machine that I wrote myself that use bashisms and
> #!/bin/sh ? (Not that I do :)

I think changing /bin/sh so it links to /bin/ash is a good idea, at least just
warn the system administrator about this when he upgrades.

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