Steps to install a PLD core system
wrobell
wrobell at pld-linux.org
Tue Jun 27 14:41:31 CEST 2006
On Tue, 2006-06-27 at 14:09 +0200, Dirk Ullrich wrote:
> 2006/6/27, wrobell <wrobell at pld-linux.org>:
> > 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 <wrobell at pld-linux.org>
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