Re: /bin/sh (was Re: jessie release goals)
Helmut Grohne <helmut <at> subdivi.de> writes:
> What are the benefits of using shells other than dash for /bin/sh? (as
Why does dash get special treatment, anyway? It was “suddenly“ in
Debian after having been used in Ubuntu, but… there never was an
evaluation of shells.
I still believe the codebase of mksh is better (modulo issues
introduced due to the active development), but I’m happy with
freedom to choose one’s own system shell…
(asides from the two things you mentioned)
… or provide an mksh-static binary package. Which could also
be used in initrd.
bye,
//mirabilos
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