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On 02-10-2007 11:09:21 +0100, Roy Marples wrote: |
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> It also means that their code stands a better chance of working where |
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> bash is not available, but /bin/sh is a POSIX shell still. |
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I prefer to define that ebuilds (and eclasses) are dealt by GNU bash, |
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which is installed as part of the installation ritual for a Gentoo/X |
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system. I also prefer to define that all common tools ebuilds and |
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eclasses use such as cp, rm, awk, sed, find, xargs are GNU variants, |
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installed as part of the same installation ritual for a Gentoo/X system. |
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With such "definition", a Gentoo/X system without bash cannot exist. |
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What you use outside of the Gentoo build/package manager environment is |
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completely up to you. |
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Rationale: |
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All tools (bash, coreutils, findutils, sed, gawk) can be compiled and |
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installed on any system I know of. Their use is widespread and |
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accepted. Our primary group of people working on ebuilds and eclasses |
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(Gentoo developers) work on a Gentoo system having said tools (and only |
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those) installed, making it a logical choice. |
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I personally fail to see the advantage of using "portable" or "standards |
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compliant" code here over what we have currently. We don't force it |
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down on anyone, we only use it to install a package for you. |
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Fabian Groffen |
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Gentoo on a different level |
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