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Comparing Linux and MinixComparing Linux and MinixPosted Feb 5, 2007 18:11 UTC (Mon) by abatters (subscriber, #6932)In reply to: Comparing Linux and Minix by marduk Parent article: Comparing Linux and Minix
This reminds me of the fact that Ubuntu 6.10 switched /bin/sh to point to a minimal shell (rather than bash) to improve system startup / shutdown time. Of course this also broke a lot of scripts that started with #!/bin/sh but used bash-specific syntax.
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Comparing Linux and Minix Posted Feb 6, 2007 10:24 UTC (Tue) by jond (subscriber, #37669) [Link] Or, pointed out a lot of broken scripts that had worked due to circumstance thus far... and were then promptly fixed.
Comparing Linux and Minix Posted Feb 6, 2007 13:32 UTC (Tue) by k8to (subscriber, #15413) [Link] I doubt it was _that_ big a problem. Debian has a longstanding policy of #!/bin/sh scripts not requiring bash. ash is often used as the noninteractive system shell.
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