In the last episode (Jan 29), Igor Pechtchanski said:
> On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Dan Nelson wrote:
> > Now all that's needed is a way to let us not install bash... Why
> > does setup.exe insist on selecting the bash package? I have to
> > remember to cycle it back to "Skip" every time.
>
> Not a very good idea. While cygwin itself does not depend on bash,
> some other applications (notably, sh-utils) do depend on it. Some
> postinstall/preremove scripts might also require bash. That's why
> you have to explicitly set it to "Skip" - it's selected because of a
> dependence. If you choose to violate this dependence, you should be
> aware of the consequences.
sh-utils depends on bash for the nohup command, which runs just fine
with /sib/sh with the following change to the last line in the script
(copied from debian's nohup, which uses /bin/sh):
-exec -- "$@"
+exec "$@"
I would imagine most other bash dependencies are just like this; bash
run as /bin/sh still allows bash syntax, and many Linux /bin/sh scripts
are really bash-specific. It's easier to simply change the bang path
to /bin/bash and add a dependency than it is to fix the script.
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Dan Nelson
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