On 11/09/2012 01:34 PM, Peter Simons wrote: > Hi Shea, > > > Because (as this thread illustrates) that will break things, to almost > > no gain. > > if all scripts get fixed not to assume /bin/sh to be Bash, then there is > a significant gain to users of Nix on non-NixOS hosts. Doesn't that > count for something?
Sure, so we can set up test environments for this. But don't break things for users to help developers hunt bugs. > > > It's one thing to test locally with a dash /bin/sh to find > > packages with bad assumptions, it's another thing to break packages that > > currently work perfectly well for the vast majority of nix users. > > How do you test packages locally with /bin/sh pointing to Dash on NixOS? > I had no idea that's possible. # nix-build -A dash "<nixpkgs>" -o /bin/sh > Take care, > Peter > > _______________________________________________ > nix-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
