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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How low can you go?
Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2011 12:18:40
Message-Id: 4D9713CB.50203@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How low can you go? by Albert Hopkins
1 Albert Hopkins wrote:
2 > I'm not saying replace bash with dash. I'm saying change your login
3 > shell with dash (i.e. chsh).
4 >
5 > Moreover, dash is POSIX compliant so it should be able to be used with
6 > most shell scripts. The only reason you need bash around is that
7 > unfortunately baselayout-1 depends on some bash-specific features (like
8 > bash arrays), so you can't completely get rid of it. But for most stuff
9 > dash is fine.
10 >
11 >
12
13 I would hate to know that you guys got bored and needed something to
14 do. LOL
15
16 Dale
17
18 :-) :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How low can you go? Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>