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This decision has always confused me. Does debian use a bunch of scripts that rely specifically on sh or something? Is the speed hit that bad using bash?
by spicybright 5y ago
This decision has always confused me. Does debian use a bunch of scripts that rely specifically on sh or something? Is the speed hit that bad using bash?
- chasil 5y agoThe Debian/Ubuntu decision to forbid non-POSIX shell features was not likely made for scripts that "rely" on strict POSIX conformance, as most shells implement it (bash has a POSIXLY_CORRECT mode). I think that portability and speed were greater concerns. There were many support tickets asking for bash to be restored as /bin/sh. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dash/+bug/141481 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dash/+bug/141481