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Re: itp: static bins / resolving static debian issues



On Thu, Aug 19, 1999 at 02:01:05PM +0200, Marek Habersack wrote:
> That's why a static ash would be a good thing. And, to make things
> efficient, the /bin/sh -> /bin/ash link would be made as a part of a single
> mode bootup process - probably as a part of the sash startup sequence - the
> internal ln command invoked from /root/.profile would do. Then, under normal
> circumstances, a bootup sequence checks whether there's a /bin/sh.single
> link (which is a saved link of what was before sash made /bin/sh point to
> /bin/static/ash) and restores the previous, SYSTEM DEFAULT shell. Does it
> sound reasonable?

No, it sounds scary. I don't want my /bin/sh getting automatically
rearranged in a possibly unstable situation. If rearrangement is
necessary I'll do it myself.

Mike Stone

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