X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:subject:references:to:reply-to:from:message-id :date:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=Yh63IJWw+xv+YGUX ZO9H0MQJcmrXOqS2VrgPjizrEh53n+QnEazF8dtR4FOHK+q1/sFHSSjwxt4xziTf twsYmlwjd9WVwnJAoskKwvMkWrisyQVsPkqwVuDBmOHz/JFSmVHEjMf9qjDNtHRY YkUjuOTf3lT7Ke+zCaTVwPY4wQI= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:subject:references:to:reply-to:from:message-id :date:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=2EF5jsJpYsP5ntSeTZO+iK OxyNo=; b=qStEe8PBqeiWiplzAnrRHc+dYXgi5y5UjUqPnO+dbo7bQAmkuZCkZR NjOnPaihgU+wC3PTRs9cvKK2l7MU+PUwnYvPnbJzG99gI1NGMtLUuIIjBbJDO0kl kl+h0k66LaeJzIVk2Bhsh3SSsIq3yzZEcl0LUs3pMY+NL5OSdvmyA= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=Brian, H*R:D*ca, Calgary, calgary X-HELO: smtp-out-no.shaw.ca X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.2 cv=BLbDlBYG c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=WqCeCkldcEjBO3QZneQsCg==:117 a=WqCeCkldcEjBO3QZneQsCg==:17 a=eIhxMilvRf8A:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=12xGAj9F-e04C4xKB_AA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: dash-0.5.9.1-1 References: <1835159156 DOT 20170223203808 AT yandex DOT ru> <58af3c19 DOT 01309d0a DOT 781cc DOT afce AT mx DOT google DOT com> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Reply-To: Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSw DOT ab DOT ca From: Brian Inglis Message-ID: <74aa0c8b-c268-dbd4-88b7-cda78186f321@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 12:59:27 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.7.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <58af3c19.01309d0a.781cc.afce@mx.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfJNwQGAPnip/rcSa44R8SOdtXFVKNqk/aFS3pl0IvBhXy6//QF2giAVTkod/P5hPM3xvvxp4oJIOW+42XZmGNemrSeMBCOq/XEggRQTWP24ZYEizrb5w ecLNPgXcjUrylF0zA/4Pa7GTvoazdbty621hW6RqRge0yghEtckLRlZndK2UHnYDsLiGS+IKuOJRgg== X-IsSubscribed: yes On 2017-02-23 12:46, Steven Penny wrote: > On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 20:38:08, Andrey Repin wrote: >> $ cat /etc/postinstall/zp_dash-as-bin-sh.dash >> #!/bin/dash > >> test ! -h /bin/sh.exe && { >> _f="$(mktemp /bin/sh.XXXXXX)" >> { >> mv /bin/sh.exe "$_f" >> ln -s /bin/dash.exe /bin/sh.exe >> } || mv "$_f" /bin/sh.exe >> rm "$_f" >> } >> exit 0 > > This is a bad idea. > > If script succeeds, then yes sh is now a symlink to Dash, but only > for my system. I still have to use #!/bin/dash with my scripts, > because otherwise people with Bash -> sh will not get the speed > boost. The whole point of this thread is that it should be changed > for everyone. And should be done using update_alternatives so it and associated man pages can easily be changed if anyone suffers breakage. Some people may continue to need or prefer using bash in POSIX mode. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- 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