On Tue, 2006-06-27 at 14:09 +0200, Dirk Ullrich wrote: > 2006/6/27, wrobell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > pdksh is basic PLD shell. we use it for rc-scripts, postin/postun rpm > > packages scripts, etc. this is the reason for pdksh providing /bin/sh. > > it was decided at very begining because: it is small, fast > > and POSIX compiliant. > > Okay, but bash can be made POSIX compliant too by using the > "--posix" option. (At least a 3.x bash can AFAIK.) Why not to offer, for > instance, for bash users like me an alternative to use bash instead of > pdksh, and define--for instance-- a sh alias (or mini script) to call > "bash --posix"?
you can use bash if you want as an user. maybe bash can be used for system stuff... but we test only with pdksh. and having it on a system is not big deal as its binary takes only 200KB. wrobell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ pld-users-en mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pld-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/pld-users-en
