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Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 17:40:28 +0100 (BST)
From: Cliff Hones <cliff AT aonix DOT co DOT uk>
Message-Id: <200106221640.RAA17852@trillian.uk.aonix.com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
In-reply-to: <20010622110623.K13746@redhat.com> (message from Christopher
	Faylor on Fri, 22 Jun 2001 11:06:23 -0400)
Subject: Re: Autoconf's suggestion to use bash as /bin/sh
References: <3B31D642 DOT 6ACDB3C4 AT yahoo DOT com> <012501c0faf6$7e7d17c0$0201a8c0 AT watch5> <20010622110623 DOT K13746 AT redhat DOT com>

I wasn't going to spend any more time on this thread, but I am
slightly puzzled by Chris's response.

Earnie gave a useful piece of history explaining why Cygwin uses
ash for sh.  He thought it was in the FAQ, but it seems not.

I then suggested that when advice such as "don't do that"
(in this case copy bash to sh) is posted here it would be better
understood if a reason or reference was given.

Chris said:
> Did you read Earnie's response?  He gave reasons.

I was referring to "don't do that" posts in general, not Earnie's
excellent response in this case.

And then:
> What you're really asking is:
>
> "I just installed cygwin and notice that it has a /bin/sh and a
> /bin/bash.  I think I'll just copy /bin/bash to /bin/sh.  Why won't
> you let me do this?"

Ah, if only I'd realised before that Chris was a mind-reader I
wouldn't have posted at all!  Seriously, though, I'm not a new
Cygwin user, and I've no desire to copy bash to sh.  If I did
decide this would be useful I'd be prepared to do my own
investigation of any problems arising.  But it seems my mail
has produced a very good response which would help new users
who probably do have such questions.

Just to reiterate - I'm comfortable with bash/ash/sh; I'm
comfortable with the usual advice of "don't meddle unless
you know what you're doing"; I was just curious that the
Autoconf doc apparently contradicted oft-given advice here,
and wondered which was "right" in the eyes of the Cygwin community.
I seemingly provoked a storm in a teacup, but hopefully
some of this useful info will now be added to the FAQ.
So I guess it's over to Jim, Chuck, Rob and David. 

-- Cliff

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