Comments on: DASH on Ubuntu http://pthree.org/2008/06/27/dash-on-ubuntu/ Linux. GNU. Freedom. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:31:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-RC1-10015 hourly 1 By: Aaron http://pthree.org/2008/06/27/dash-on-ubuntu/#comment-103794 Aaron Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:08:55 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=614#comment-103794 test test

]]> By: No One in Particular http://pthree.org/2008/06/27/dash-on-ubuntu/#comment-103684 No One in Particular Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:21:38 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=614#comment-103684 Bash isn't an apt-get away, it's installed by default! (in ubuntu-minimal) The issue is /bin/sh is linked to dash. (Dash is used for scripts, bash is the shell by default) Your friends with the scripting problem need only redirect their shebang to /bin/bash, and all their problems will be solved. If they ask for /bin/sh, they can't expect it to be bash, since... they're asking for anything that does scripts (including zsh, tsh, whatever). Not bash scripts. Effectively, their shebangs are lying about what language the script is. Bash isn’t an apt-get away, it’s installed by default! (in ubuntu-minimal)
The issue is /bin/sh is linked to dash. (Dash is used for scripts, bash is the shell by default)
Your friends with the scripting problem need only redirect their shebang to /bin/bash, and all their problems will be solved.

If they ask for /bin/sh, they can’t expect it to be bash, since… they’re asking for anything that does scripts (including zsh, tsh, whatever). Not bash scripts.

Effectively, their shebangs are lying about what language the script is.

]]> By: jldugger http://pthree.org/2008/06/27/dash-on-ubuntu/#comment-103683 jldugger Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:20:38 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=614#comment-103683 Isn't bash installed by default? Users should still have bash as their default shell, and like you mention, just changing /bin/sh to /bin/bash will work if you're not willing to remove bashisms. Isn’t bash installed by default? Users should still have bash as their default shell, and like you mention, just changing /bin/sh to /bin/bash will work if you’re not willing to remove bashisms.

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