-> All the more reason to streamline the process... -> why should everything take more time, just because some stuff must.
that's why i prefer ash -> > > that's it, i don't like scripts that "require" bash if they don't -> > > have to. -> > -> > So have you actually removed bash from your system and made ash the -> > default? -> -> or just install ash and symlink sh -> ash that's what I did and I wonder why doesn't ash installation script do this ;) -> It makes a big difference on a slow machine, especially when -> installing packages ({pre,post}{inst,rm} scripts are always sh). well, maybe not always. Maybe we should ask developers to use sh and not to use bashisms while possible -> > So to this end, Require'ing ash would add to the system overhead since -> > (I reckon) 98% of people would need to have ash installed for them, -> > instead of just using a standard package that everyone has already... well, requiring bash adds _much_ more to system overhead. for example, I use tcsh and wipe out bash completely -- Matus "fantomas" Uhlar, sysadmin at NEXTRA, Slovakia; IRCNET admin of *.sk [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ ; http://www.nextra.sk/ 10 GOTO 10 : REM (C) Bill Gates 1998, All Rights Reserved!