Is it not necessary to sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash with Poky 1.2 on Ubuntu 12.04

Is it not necessary to sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash with Poky 1.2 on Ubuntu 12.04

[Elvis Dowson]

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Hi,
      Is it not necessary to run

sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash

with Poky 1.2 on Ubuntu 12.04 ?

It is not mentioned in the latest yocto documentation:

http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/current/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.html

However, the previous version documentation mentions it:

http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.1.1/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.html

Elvis Dowson

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Re: Is it not necessary to sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash with Poky 1.2 on Ubuntu 12.04

[Osier-mixon, Jeffrey]

Good catch. I'm still installing 12.04 and can't check at the moment,
but there is an easy way to tell:

file /bin/sh

If it points to bash you should be fine, if it points to dash then
you'll need to reconfigure. Please let me know the results and I'll
make sure it gets documented either way.

hope that helps!

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Elvis Dowson <elvis.dowson@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>       Is it not necessary to run
>
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash
>
> with Poky 1.2 on Ubuntu 12.04 ?
>
> It is not mentioned in the latest yocto documentation:
>
> http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/current/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.html
>
> However, the previous version documentation mentions it:
>
> http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.1.1/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.html
>
> Elvis Dowson
>
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Re: Is it not necessary to sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash with Poky 1.2 on Ubuntu 12.04

[Chris Larson]

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Osier-mixon, Jeffrey
<jeffrey.osier-mixon@intel.com> wrote:
> Good catch. I'm still installing 12.04 and can't check at the moment,
> but there is an easy way to tell:
>
> file /bin/sh
>
> If it points to bash you should be fine, if it points to dash then
> you'll need to reconfigure. Please let me know the results and I'll
> make sure it gets documented either way.

From discussion on IRC, folks have said /bin/sh being bash is no
longer required.
-- 
Christopher Larson

Re: Is it not necessary to sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash with Poky 1.2 on Ubuntu 12.04

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Wed, 2 May 2012, Osier-mixon, Jeffrey wrote:

> Good catch. I'm still installing 12.04 and can't check at the
> moment, but there is an easy way to tell:
>
> file /bin/sh
>
> If it points to bash you should be fine, if it points to dash then
> you'll need to reconfigure. Please let me know the results and I'll
> make sure it gets documented either way.

  i was fairly sure this was no longer an issue.

rday

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Re: Is it not necessary to sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash with Poky 1.2 on Ubuntu 12.04

[Elvis Dowson]

Hi Jeffrey,

On May 2, 2012, at 5:18 PM, Osier-mixon, Jeffrey wrote:

> Good catch. I'm still installing 12.04 and can't check at the moment.

I'll switch back to dash and check it out.

FYI, the user experience with Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit, running inside a VMware Fusion
Tech Preview 2012 virtual machine is pretty good. They've finally added support
for 3D OpenGL acceleration for Ubuntu 12.04.

http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/beta/fusiontp2012

Elvis Dowson

Re: Is it not necessary to sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash with Poky 1.2 on Ubuntu 12.04

[Richard Purdie]

On Wed, 2012-05-02 at 08:18 -0700, Osier-mixon, Jeffrey wrote:
> Good catch. I'm still installing 12.04 and can't check at the moment,
> but there is an easy way to tell:
> 
> file /bin/sh
> 
> If it points to bash you should be fine, if it points to dash then
> you'll need to reconfigure. Please let me know the results and I'll
> make sure it gets documented either way.

Just to be very clear on this, you do not need to use bash as /bin/sh
with this release, dash should work fine. The instruction was removed
from the documentation since it is no longer necessary.

Cheers,

Richard

Re: Is it not necessary to sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash with Poky 1.2 on Ubuntu 12.04

[Joshua Lock]

On 02/05/12 08:16, Elvis Dowson wrote:
> Hi,
> Is it not necessary to run
>
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash
>
> with Poky 1.2 on Ubuntu 12.04 ?

It should not be.

We made a concerted effort to ensure Poky runs under the Dash shell in 
the 1.2 cycle. I believe there are several developers of the project 
using Dash as their primary shell without issue.

Regards,
Joshua
-- 
Joshua Lock
         Yocto Project
         Intel Open Source Technology Centre