On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 08:20, Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com> wrote:
So how bad does Arch break by replacing /bin/sh with a link to dash instead of bash? Dash has zero deps, so my guess is we could kill just about any dep cycle involving bash by doing this. There is going to be definite fallout, however, and I haven't tried it in a while. -Dan
I don't know how much it would break things, but I do like linking sh to dash in general. Just change the initscripts to use #!/bin/bash instead of /bin/sh (Which they should anyway if they don't, as they use bashisms) If you make sure all the bash-specific scripts are properly she-banged it shouldn't matter, since dash as sh should only be needed during an install (if I understand correctly) So +1 from me.