Re: /bin/sh diversions
On Wed, 01 Aug 2007, Pierre Habouzit wrote:
> debconf is definitely not the proper way. Using alternatives is.
Remember you are dealing with essential stuff.
/bin/sh must *NEVER*, not even for a milli-second, be unavailable. You are
only to change it using atomic operations, and when you are *completely*
sure it will work after the operation completes.
I'd much prefer to have all our scripts using something else
(/bin/debian-sh, maybe) since we can verify them to be non-broken and fix
it -- and have that be dash by default, since it is MUCH faster and less of
a resource-hog than bash.
There is just too much crap out there that thinks /bin/sh is bash.
--
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where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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