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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: bash arrays in OpenRC
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:19:58
Message-Id: 201107131419.19723.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: bash arrays in OpenRC by Ed W
1 On Wednesday, July 13, 2011 13:36:29 Ed W wrote:
2 > On 12/07/2011 16:54, Mike Frysinger wrote:
3 > > baselayout-1 vs openrc isnt the issue. it's bash array support vs
4 > > flat strings. the former is supported in baselayout-1, and should be
5 > > supported in openrc. William is talking about dropping support from
6 > > openrc and i've laid out the way to get from here to there.
7 >
8 > The original vision for OpenRC was that it should be posix compliant.
9 > Please don't revert to using bash features because it creates a
10 > dependency on bash that then makes it hard to support "small" platforms
11 > such as busybox
12
13 please read the thread (again?). no one is talking about requiring bash.
14 -mike

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