[Slackbuilds-users] Using something other than bash for rc scripts?

[Eric Pozharski]

On Thu, May 09, 2024 at 04:00:46PM -0400, Charadon via SlackBuilds-users wrote:

> I was wondering if it's fine to use another scripting language like
> Perl for an rc script, rather than bash for a slackbuild.

This is ambiguous.  If you mean "rc.d/rc.* script that slackbuild
provides" then it's rather risky.  Until /usr-merge is complete you
can't be certain that perl (or whatever unshelled scripting) is already
available (even if the system is yours).

If you mean "*.SlackBuild that builds my slackbuild" then you're
inviting certain painful experiences (probably not worth it).

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p.s.  From get go I've foreseen that rc.inet* will be crippling.  So
I've set on path of home-brew networking.  I choose zsh for this.

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