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Re: [PATCH] #!/bin/sh --> #!/usr/bin/env bash

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HAH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date
Apr 23, 2005, 06:16 UTC
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<4269B424.8010406@dwheeler.com>
David A. Wheeler wrote:
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> 
> If # of execs is that critical, it probably should not be in
> bash anyway.  OpenBSD (at least 3.1)'s bash appears to be in
> /usr/local/bin/bash, NOT /bin/bash.
> I'd go with the /bin/env solution for now;
> it maximizes the "it just works" factor, and
> when it comes time for .in files much of the cogito code (at least)
> will probably be rewritten in Perl, and anything performance-sensitive
> will be in C.
> 
Makes sense.
	-hpa
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  4. HOWTO: PATCH: don't hardcode path-to-bash, use sys/limits.hKlaus Robert Suetterlin, Apr 21, 2005
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  6. #!/bin/sh --> #!/usr/bin/env bashAlecs King, Apr 21, 2005
  7. H. Peter AnvinApr 22, 2005
  8. David A. WheelerApr 23, 2005
  9. H. Peter AnvinApr 23, 2005
  10. Aaron LehmannApr 22, 2005
  11. git I/O performance (was: Performance of various compressors)Klaus Robert Suetterlin, Apr 25, 2005

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