[gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-working-rcscripts.xml

[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       12/10/31 19:02:21

  Modified:             hb-working-rcscripts.xml
  Log:
  Fix bug #431790 - Init scripts should be posix-sh, not bash

Revision  Changes    Path
1.38                 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-working-rcscripts.xml

file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-working-rcscripts.xml?rev=1.38&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-working-rcscripts.xml?rev=1.38&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-working-rcscripts.xml?r1=1.37&r2=1.38

Index: hb-working-rcscripts.xml
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-working-rcscripts.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.37
retrieving revision 1.38
diff -u -r1.37 -r1.38
--- hb-working-rcscripts.xml	24 Jul 2012 12:12:52 -0000	1.37
+++ hb-working-rcscripts.xml	31 Oct 2012 19:02:20 -0000	1.38
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-working-rcscripts.xml,v 1.37 2012/07/24 12:12:52 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-working-rcscripts.xml,v 1.38 2012/10/31 19:02:20 swift Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 these aspects and explains how to deal with these scripts.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>6</version>
-<date>2012-07-24</date>
+<version>7</version>
+<date>2012-10-31</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Runlevels</title>
@@ -703,12 +703,11 @@
 </pre>
 
 <p>
-Gentoo's init script syntax is based on the Bourne Again Shell (bash) so you are
-free to use bash-compatible constructs inside your init script. However, you may
-want to write your init scripts to be POSIX-compliant. Future init script
-systems may allow symlinking <path>/bin/sh</path> to other shells besides
-bash.  Init scripts that rely on bash-only features will then break these
-configurations.
+Gentoo's init script syntax is based on the POSIX Shell so you are
+free to use sh-compatible constructs inside your init script. Keep other
+constructs, like bash-specific ones, out of the init scripts to ensure that the
+scripts remain functional regardless of the change Gentoo might do on its init
+system.
 </p>
 
 </body>