Re: ash/echo/POSIX/SUS
Hi,
>>"Craig" == Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> writes:
Craig> IMO, ash's primary usefulness is as a POSIX validation
Craig> shell. the whole point of it is that it is a minimal, fast,
Craig> posix sh with no bashisms or other -isms.
Pardon me, then. I was under the delusion that ash was
actually a useful shell, rather than being a glorified POSIX
validation suite.
I'll deprecate ash as a shell, in that case, and look for a
real shell to use as a /bin/sh (bash makes me uneasy).
Do we have a non-toy shell to use as /bin/sh replacement then?
Also, ash should note it is not a /bin/sh replacement, since
it shall gratuitously break systems that are not rigidly POSIX
compliant, and should not be used on a non-experimental system.
Actually, when ash cripples the built in echo, I shall
probably file a rave bug to that effect on it.
manoj
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