* Herbert Xu said: > On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 09:59:58AM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > > > > Anyway, I think the crux of the matter now is whether a POSIX compliant shell > > has to have options or not, if they do, I'll change it back. If they don't, > > then by our very own policy, a /bin/sh shell script must not use options or > > escape codes. > > Please note that I am by no means saying that we should do this for potato > since we may want to change our policy instead and we don't have the time > for it anyway. > > As for ash, it's not /bin/sh (last I checked bash still linked itself there) > so you can always use bash. But the reasons I use ash as /bin/sh are that it's a POSIX shell, which ensures the basic compatibility with clean sans-bashism scritpts, and that it's not as bloated as bash which is completely unsuitable as a simple /bin/sh. marek
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