From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1ICKqI-0003nx-Jd for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:42:19 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6LJfLXc027338; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:41:21 GMT Received: from mail.marples.name (rsm.demon.co.uk [80.177.111.50]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l6LJdNj0024954 for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:39:23 GMT Received: from [IPv6:fee1::f20b:aaff:fe00:2] (uberpc.marples.name [IPv6:fee1::f20b:aaff:fe00:2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.marples.name (Postfix) with ESMTP id B825C190038 for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:39:22 +0100 (BST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] baselayout-2 stablisation plans From: Roy Marples To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200707211528.03774.vapier@gentoo.org> References: <1185028563.2490.22.camel@uberpc.marples.name> <46A25508.6020009@gentoo.org> <1185044944.2490.44.camel@uberpc.marples.name> <200707211528.03774.vapier@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Gentoo Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:39:22 +0100 Message-Id: <1185046762.2490.47.camel@uberpc.marples.name> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 80a324e3-8ee0-434d-a382-4a354a98651e X-Archives-Hash: 43aaf5ad7052675ef2d46c4c2a901dee On Sat, 2007-07-21 at 15:28 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > i really think this bash vs POSIX issue is getting way more emphasis than it > should. i'd make the claim the majority of people out there dont even know > about /bin/sh, bash, dash, and friends, so most people out there will > have /bin/sh pointing to bash and as such, none of these things will be an > issue for them. anyone who has tried to switch /bin/sh to point to something > else has already seen their system blow up. or they're using baselayout-2 > and so they're aware of the issues. > > in other words, you want to put info in there about POSIX shell and changing > your conf.d files, great ... but dont emphasize it like it's doomsday and all > hell's gonna break loose when you upgrade. True enough, but now I've said it I'll sleep better tonight knowing that I've at least warned some people who think wow - baselayout-2 supports *faster* shells like busybox. I'll rock with my -fomg-optimized flags. IE ricers who then bitch that their box is broke if they downgrade. Thanks Roy -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list