Bug#264241: Some corrections regardings statements in this bug
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Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de> wrote:
> The shell speed is hardly the major factor in maintainer scripts speed.
I think this is mostly correct, although I have no benchmark to back it
up.
> bash is essential.
> A Debian system without bash is therefore by definition broken.
Right. They get to keep the pieces together, but as long as they are
willing to do so, I do not mind.
> Making an essential package non-essential is basically impossible.
Really? Suppose bash is not essential anymore. Well, bash-specific shell
scripts that use "#! /bin/sh" will be found quickly. Also, packages
calling bash correctly will stop working with a "Command not found" or a
similar, presumably obvious, failure mode. Add the missing dependency
and you are done. Of course, the whole transition would take some time
to complete, but what is impossible about that?
> If an embedded system is that space limited, it would use a small system
> based on busybox instead of a Debian installation.
Maybe. All I can say is, there *are* some people out there who are
trying to get things working this way (look for posts by David Weinehall
on -devel, IIRC).
--
Florent
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