[arch-general] New install media 2012.08.04 uses ZSH, if I may ask, why?

[Tom Gundersen]

On Aug 7, 2012 9:21 AM, "Nicolas Sebrecht" <nsebrecht at piing.fr> wrote:
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> The 07/08/12, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 1:21 AM, David Benfell <benfell at parts-unknown.org>
wrote:
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> > > But that latter is an issue. It may break an (I assume) unknown number
> > > of existing scripts if used for sh, so I think the likely conclusion
> > > would be that *both* bash (for sh compatibility) and zsh would have to
> > > be installed. I'm not opposed to this, but I'll certainly concede that
> > > there are valid points to be made in opposition.
>
> zsh emulates sh when invoked with that name (and so goes for ksh).

If I understand correctly there are known issues with the various shells'
emulation of sh. That's why bash will not go away.

Just to be clear: We are just using zsh as the interactive shell on the
instal media, not installing it by default, nor using it for sh.

> > We need /bin/bash and also /bin/sh to be provided by bash,
>
> For /bin/bash I understand but for /bin/sh I don't think so.
>
> Why /bin/bash is required? Is it because scripts have this shebang or
> the way they are written?

Both.

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