On 14/12/2007, at 1:00 AM, Eero Tamminen wrote: > ext Peter Flynn wrote: >> Eero Tamminen wrote: >>> The device doesn't have Bash. And because Busybox conflicts with it >>> (because Bash tries to set itself as /bin/sh which would >>> significantly slow down device bootup and use more memory), you >>> cannot install one either. >> >> What happens if you download a script written for sh or bash and >> try to >> execute it? > > If it uses Bashishm instead of standard POSIX shell syntax > (i.e. what is supported by Busybox), you need to fix it. There have in the past been items in the "standard" repositories (sorry, can't remember which) which required bash. I think one was a libc package that had bashisms in the postinst -- which is unforgivable. This is the kind of thing that really needs to be sorted in the new all-singing all-dancing repo setup. Cheers, Nick
