Your message dated Sun, 13 Nov 2016 12:38:02 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#703181: [mlocate] please, consider using sh instead of
bash in /etc/cron.daily/mlocate
has caused the Debian Bug report #703181,
regarding [mlocate] please, consider using sh instead of bash in
/etc/cron.daily/mlocate
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Package: mlocate
Version: 0.23.1-1
Severity: wishlist
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Hi,
The /etc/cron.daily/mlocate shell script is intended to be run in a non
interactive way and seems to be posix compliant. Please, consider using
sh.
Regards,
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Manolo
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Hi,
sorry for the long delay in replying here, I've completely forgotten
about this bug.
]] Manolo Díaz
> >
> > > The /etc/cron.daily/mlocate shell script is intended to be run in a
> > > non interactive way and seems to be posix compliant. Please,
> > > consider using sh.
> >
> > Why?
> >
> Because dash, which is commonly used as default shell in Debian, is
> supposed to have a smaller footprint than bash and it's enough to run
> the script. Have I missed any downside?
Yes, we're using «which», which isn't POSIX sh. It might be in dash,
but that's not sufficient for /bin/sh. bash is essential, and the
overhead of bash vs dash is tiny compared to the work mlocate is doing,
so I'm going to close this bug now.
Cheers,
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Tollef Fog Heen
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