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authorPatrick McDermott <pehjota>2020-11-09 12:04:30 (EST)
committer Patrick McDermott <pehjota>2020-11-09 12:04:30 (EST)
commite9ebc5a27ed3f34253a2a69fc264296058a9d136 (patch)
treef6df892dd98d098588d7e4d6eb564cdb3b3402ba
parent26bd17d80ac4a089a0bd95c46cd7567471dc40e2 (diff)
dev/todo/install-bb-without-bb: postinst runs cat
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diff --git a/dev/todo/install-bb-without-bb.mdwn b/dev/todo/install-bb-without-bb.mdwn
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+++ b/dev/todo/install-bb-without-bb.mdwn
@@ -53,10 +53,11 @@ can't be configured when first unpacked by `prokit`.
A Non-Solution
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-`busybox`'s `postinst` script doesn't execute any commands that aren't `ash`
-built-ins, but it will need to have its interpreter line changed from
-`#!/bin/sh` to `#!/bin/busybox sh`. `update-alternatives` will need to be
-modified (rewritten?) to execute `busybox` directly.
+`busybox`'s `postinst` script doesn't (need to) execute any commands that aren't
+`ash` built-ins (`cat` is there but can be replaced with `read`), but it will
+need to have its interpreter line changed from `#!/bin/sh` to
+`#!/bin/busybox sh`. `update-alternatives` will need to be modified
+(rewritten?) to execute `busybox` directly.
However, there are at least two problems with this approach.