On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:03:50 -0500
Olivier Crete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What so wrong with bash?

Unsuited to an init system that wants to work everywhere, like embedded
systems.

Also, being tied to one shell causes problems when that shell breaks.
Witness baselayout problems regarding bash-3.0, 3.1 and 3.2

Lastly, in my first email I said 
>Now, this email isn't about the merits of bash, nor the fact that it's
>in base system profile so we can use it anyway, blah blah blah.
>embedded has a vested interest in not using bash and I have a personal
>interest as Gentoo/FreeBSD on Sparc64 takes a very long time to boot.

I'm assuming you did't read that bit :)

Thanks

Roy
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