On Tue, 18 May 2010 08:36:16 -0500, Dan McGee <[email protected]> wrote: >> Well, if we eventually want dash as /bin/sh, then it definitely needs to >> stay in [core]. >> >> Is there a bug report/wiki page or anything detailing what we need to do >> to >> make that change? It has been so long since this was brought up, I have >> forgotten what has and has not been done. > > * > http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2007-November/003053.html > * https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/dash-as-bin-sh > * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh > * All install scripts must be sh-compatible (or we need a way of > executing non-sh scripts, there is a bug open for that) > * Any daemon/init script is probably written for /bin/bash as our > rc.conf and other initscripts files use bash arrays, so those need to > be pointed correctly
I would say make sure that core packages are fine with /bin/sh being dash and then move it to testing. This should speed up things. For the install scripts: why can't pacman just call /bin/bash? I mean makpekg and the PKGBUILDS need bash anyway. -- Pierre Schmitz, https://users.archlinux.de/~pierre
