On Tue, 2007-06-02 at 21:11 +0000, Roy Marples wrote: > On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:03:50 -0500 > Olivier Crete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What so wrong with bash? > > Unsuited to an init system that wants to work everywhere, like embedded > systems. > > Also, being tied to one shell causes problems when that shell breaks. > Witness baselayout problems regarding bash-3.0, 3.1 and 3.2 > > Lastly, in my first email I said > >Now, this email isn't about the merits of bash, nor the fact that it's > >in base system profile so we can use it anyway, blah blah blah. > >embedded has a vested interest in not using bash and I have a personal > >interest as Gentoo/FreeBSD on Sparc64 takes a very long time to boot. > > I'm assuming you did't read that bit :)
Actually I did, but I really dont see what kind of embedded system would be complex enough to require the Gentoo init system, yet not enough to use bash. And I don't see why g/fbsd sparc64 is problematic? Or is it just that you have a 1995 vintage system and you want to run Gentoo on it? -- Olivier Crête [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gentoo Developer -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
