Bug#420180: Pass SHELL=/bin/bash

2007-08-04 Thread Loïc Minier
Package: ipw3945-source Followup-For: Bug #420180 Hi, Here's a patch to pass SHELL=/bin/bash when calling the upstream Makefile; it worked fine for me. I'll bump the severity to important as we're currently discussing making dash the default /bin/sh. Bye, PS: you might want to

Bug#420180: Pass SHELL=/bin/bash

2007-08-04 Thread Daniel Baumann
Loïc Minier wrote: I'll bump the severity to important as we're currently discussing making dash the default /bin/sh. the value of having dash as /bin/sh is, that bash can be removed. that's why i'll fix the makefile instead of calling it with bash. -- Address:Daniel Baumann,

Bug#420180: Pass SHELL=/bin/bash

2007-08-04 Thread Loïc Minier
On Sat, Aug 04, 2007, Daniel Baumann wrote: the value of having dash as /bin/sh is, that bash can be removed. that's why i'll fix the makefile instead of calling it with bash. No, the first reason dash is being discussed is for its speed; dropping bash is out of the question and is a

Bug#420180: Pass SHELL=/bin/bash

2007-08-04 Thread Daniel Baumann
Loïc Minier wrote: No, the first reason dash is being discussed is for its speed; i know why in *debian* we'd like to have /bin/sh on dash. dropping bash is out of the question and is a multi-year work which is probably not worth the effort. that's why *ipw3945* should not require bash