Steps to install a PLD core system

[wrobell]

On Tue, 2006-06-27 at 13:42 +0200, Dirk Ullrich wrote:
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> b. I see that "pdksh" was installed as dependency. Well, first I did not
>     worry about that since I did not explicitly choose a shell. So I've tried
>     step 6 again but added the "bash" package. But "pdksh" would be
>     installed again. This looks strange to me, and I've analized the
>     situation a bit:
>     Many packages require "/bin/sh", and this feature seems only be
>     provided by "pdksh". Even "bash" seems to require "/bin/bash", thus
>     "bash" depends on "pdksh"--sounds a little bit like a joke to me!
>     (Why, for instance, does "bash" not provide "/bin/sh" itself?) If this is
>     a feature and not a bug I would be very interested in any reason for
>     this situation.

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.

regards,

    wrobell <wrobell at pld-linux.org>