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#1 2012-08-05 09:21:58
- daneel971
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install media 2012.08.04 and latest install scripts - the shell
I'm just curious about this: the latest install media uses zsh, the install scripts are bash scripts - the shell you're dropped in after "arch-chroot" is sh (SHELL=/bin/sh chroot "$@")
Why do we use sh in the chrooted environment?
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#2 2012-08-05 10:14:22
- Allan
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Re: install media 2012.08.04 and latest install scripts - the shell
Because zsh is not installed by default...
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#3 2012-08-05 11:35:30
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Re: install media 2012.08.04 and latest install scripts - the shell
i believe that the installation media must be in synced with base system.
Zsh is great, but dont enforce it to people when in base system there is only bash.
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#4 2012-08-05 11:53:36
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Re: install media 2012.08.04 and latest install scripts - the shell
On the news announcement on the front page the link to the installation guide points to the wiki and not on the installation guide.
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#5 2012-08-05 12:10:26
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Re: install media 2012.08.04 and latest install scripts - the shell
Because zsh is not installed by default...
I understand, but let me rephrase 
: why the shell in the chrooted environment is sh and not bash? Isn't bash installed by default?
In the previous version of the install scripts (present in the previous version of the install cd) the chrooted shell was bash, and in Arch "sh" is a symlink to bash (if I understand correctly, calling "bash" as "sh" make bash behave like sh).
So, there's a reason to use sh in the chrooted installation?
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#6 2012-08-05 12:17:21
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Re: install media 2012.08.04 and latest install scripts - the shell
On the news announcement on the front page the link to the installation guide points to the wiki and not on the installation guide.
Thanks; corrected.
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#7 2012-08-05 12:22:47
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Re: install media 2012.08.04 and latest install scripts - the shell
The install.txt is hilarious 
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