On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 12:59:09AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: <snip> > not at all, in fact everyone using woody/sid should have /bin/sh -> > /bin/ash IMO. it detects broken scripts much better and will make > visible evil scripts using bashisms while still claiming to be posix > (using #!/bin/sh instead of #!/bin/bash if the bashism is desired for > who knows what reason). Everyone except those of us who are tired of trying to put systems back together after Xu screws up ash AGAIN and we only notice it when package install scripts fsck up in unique ways. Eventually you have to conclude that picking up after the messes that a specific package keeps making is not worth the benefit of that package. Zephaniah E. Hull. > > not a criticism of Branden, but if he had set /bin/sh -> /bin/ash its > likely this bug would have never made it into the archives. i have > found ash to be an excellent shell for uncovering bugs/sloppiness in > my own shell scripts. > > -- > Ethan Benson > http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ -- 1024D/E65A7801 Zephaniah E. Hull <warp@babylon.d2dc.net> 92ED 94E4 B1E6 3624 226D 5727 4453 008B E65A 7801 CCs of replies from mailing lists are requested. <VOICE MODE=Pitr> So, you are thinking am Communist ? Deal, Comerade ! </VOICE> -- Chris on ASR.
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