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Date: | Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:06:13 -0400 |
From: | "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: ash "gotcha", other 1.7 upgrade wrinles |
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On 10/27/2009 01:18 AM, Mark J. Reed wrote: > On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >> It is not gratuitous. 'ash' is now 'dash' instead of 'bash'. Dash is a >> more standards compliant shell which is also faster. > > Huh? ash was never bash, and ash.exe was part of the dash package last > I checked, so I'm confused by the above statement. Yes, poor wording on my part. I meant 'sh', which I suppose isn't particularly interesting in this thread. In any case, my point to the OP is that the change of 'ash' coming from the 'dash' package was intentional and for a good reason (i.e. to provide a better 'ash' than we've had in the past). -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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