On Fri, 8 Mar 2024 at 09:19, Job Snijders <job@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 07, 2024 at 11:13:50PM +0100, Predrag Zečević wrote: > > Not all systems have /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash. > > Are there systems without /bin/sh? In practice probably not many, although it's not *required*[0] by POSIX. That said, there is also another (particularly older) subset of systems which have a /bin/sh that is sufficiently limited that writing anything nontrivial in them is difficult and painful, hence why the tests are run via whatever ends up in $TEST_SHELL instead of /bin/sh. [0] https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/sh.html """ Applications should note that the standard PATH to the shell cannot be assumed to be either /bin/sh or /usr/bin/sh, and should be determined by interrogation of the PATH returned by getconf PATH , ensuring that the returned pathname is an absolute pathname and not a shell built-in. """ -- Darren Tucker (dtucker at dtucker.net) GPG key 11EAA6FA / A86E 3E07 5B19 5880 E860 37F4 9357 ECEF 11EA A6FA Good judgement comes with experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually comes from bad judgement. _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
