[Nix-dev] Dealing with non-Bash /bin/sh on non-NixOS

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

On 09/11/12 18:38, Peter Simons wrote:

>  >> Is there a better way to approach that problem?
>  >
>  > Yes, fix builders not to rely on /bin/sh (or at least not to assume
>  > it's Bash).
> 
> we should link /bin/sh to Dash instead of Bash. That would catch any
> implicit dependencies on non-POSIX shell features,

What's the point of that?  Breaking zillions of existing scripts for very little
gain doesn't sound like a good idea to me.

> and it would also
> speed up our scripts quite a bit, because Dash starts up much faster
> than Bash does.

Of course any script can use dash if it wants to.

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