Re: [gentoo-embedded] init.d scripts and bash

[Ned Ludd]

On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 17:00 +0100, Natanael Copa wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Are there anybody more than me that use the gentoo init.d scripts
> without using bash?
>
> Most init.d scripts runs just fine with a small runscript wrapper. A few
> needs patching to work, typically replacing:
>
>   [[ expr || expr ]]
>
> with:
>
>   [[ expr ]] || [[ expr ]]
>
> But sometimes arrays and such are used (very often its easy to work
> around)
>
> Are there any hope for setting a gentoo policy that says bash specific
> things should be avoided if possible in init.d scripts?

That is a goal with baselayout-2. I'd be interested if we started a
tracker bug for such things. I think policy might be a bit far 
reaching at this point. But it's for sure a worthwhile goal.

-- 
Ned Ludd <solar@g.o>
Gentoo Linux

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