[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: dash-0.5.9.1-1

[Steven Penny]

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.


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