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On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 16:33:01 +0200, Harm Geerts wrote: |
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> You can force sux to use bash. |
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> Just replace the first line in /usr/bin/sux with "#!/bin/bash" |
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That was the first thing I tried, it made no difference. A quick look at |
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sux shows it building a command to pas to exec that used $SHELL,. This is |
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probably where it's switching back to /bin/sh, but I'm not prepared to |
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spend much time looking for it to save 14 seconds. |
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> Speaking of which, you probably should see the shell used in the |
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> scripts from the sys-apps/baselayout package. All shell scripts |
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> use /bin/bash and not /bin/sh. |
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> So linking (d)ash as the default shell doesn't nearly have the impact |
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> you'd like it to have. |
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A 20% reduction in boot time is a reasonable impact IMO. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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