FS#49528 - Revisit bash dependencies after hooks introduction

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Flow It (FlowIt) - Tuesday, 31 May 2016, 20:28 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Tuesday, 31 May 2016, 22:11 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Very Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

To run the install scripts we needed bash as our shell. After the introduction of hooks a lot of packages don't come with an install script anymore and their dependency on bash is no longer justified. In most cases we can remove the dependency, other packages may still require a shell. In these cases the dependency should be changed to 'sh'.
Affected packages are autoconf, automake and gzip, most likely more.
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Tuesday, 31 May 2016, 22:11 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Tuesday, 31 May 2016, 22:11 GMT
File bugs for individual packages once you're certain they don't need bash directly. It appears that autoconf and automake, at least, do need bash at runtime. It's pretty unlikely deps were included for the install scripts, as pacman takes care of that.

Edit: automake and autoconf may have been false positives, it appears they may not need bash after all.

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