coreutils instructions

Matthew Burgess matthew at linuxfromscratch.org
Fri Mar 20 12:19:01 MDT 2009


On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:58:45 -0700, Dan Nicholson <dbn.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Matthew Burgess
> <matthew at linuxfromscratch.org> wrote:
>>
>> Given that LFS only installs bash, does any of this matter? :)
> 
> A while back I sanitized the bootscripts for POSIX sh compatibility,
> and I think DJ has been maintaining that goal. I think it's a nice
> (and obtainable) goal to target since having sh != bash can save on
> bloat.

Yes, I agree that's a reasonable objective.  So, do we want to move '['
and 'test' to /bin then, just in case the user installs a shell
that doesn't include builtins for those utilities?

DJ, have you done any sh-compatibility auditing recently?

Thanks,

Matt.



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