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Re: Proposed new POSIX sh policy, version two



On Thu November 23 2006 13:56, Jari Aalto wrote:
> Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net> writes:
> >  "bash" is a better shell for most users, since it has some nice
> >  features absent from "dash", and is a required part of the system.
>
> This refers to inteactive use. dash suits well for scripts.

Straddling the line somewhat is GIT. Installing dash to provide sh and 
setting GIT_SHELL to /bin/sh results in a noticeable improvement on 
even a 1GHz box.


- Bruce



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