[arch-general] Re: New install media 2012.08.04 uses ZSH, if I may ask, why?

[Nicolas Sebrecht]

The 07/08/12, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 1:21 AM, David Benfell <benfell at parts-unknown.org> wrote:

> > But that latter is an issue. It may break an (I assume) unknown number
> > of existing scripts if used for sh, so I think the likely conclusion
> > would be that *both* bash (for sh compatibility) and zsh would have to
> > be installed. I'm not opposed to this, but I'll certainly concede that
> > there are valid points to be made in opposition.

zsh emulates sh when invoked with that name (and so goes for ksh).

> We need /bin/bash and also /bin/sh to be provided by bash,

For /bin/bash I understand but for /bin/sh I don't think so.

Why /bin/bash is required? Is it because scripts have this shebang or
the way they are written?

>                                                            so the
> 'bash' package is installed on the install media. We just install zsh
> in addition and default to that as the interactive shell.
> 
> Pierre explicitly said that he wanted to do this release as a test,
> and if problems crop up in the feedback due to zsh, then we'll revert
> it in a future release. So, please test and let us know of any
> problems we might have overlooked.

I use zsh for years as default interactive shell without any issue.

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Nicolas Sebrecht