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From: Ed W <lists@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: bash arrays in OpenRC
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:32:49
Message-Id: 4E1DE4A8.2080902@wildgooses.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: bash arrays in OpenRC by Mike Frysinger
1 On 13/07/2011 19:19, Mike Frysinger wrote:
2 > On Wednesday, July 13, 2011 13:36:29 Ed W wrote:
3 >> On 12/07/2011 16:54, Mike Frysinger wrote:
4 >>> baselayout-1 vs openrc isnt the issue. it's bash array support vs
5 >>> flat strings. the former is supported in baselayout-1, and should be
6 >>> supported in openrc. William is talking about dropping support from
7 >>> openrc and i've laid out the way to get from here to there.
8 >>
9 >> The original vision for OpenRC was that it should be posix compliant.
10 >> Please don't revert to using bash features because it creates a
11 >> dependency on bash that then makes it hard to support "small" platforms
12 >> such as busybox
13 >
14 > please read the thread (again?). no one is talking about requiring bash.
15 > -mike
16
17 Fair enough. I misunderstood "we should support bash arrays" as meaning
18 "bash will become required"...
19
20 Openrc works very nicely - many thanks to all who built and maintain it!
21
22 Ed W