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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] #!/bin/sh --> #!/usr/bin/env bash
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David A. Wheeler wrote:
> 
> If # of execs is that critical, it probably should not be in
> bash anyway.  OpenBSD (at least 3.1)'s bash appears to be in
> /usr/local/bin/bash, NOT /bin/bash.
> I'd go with the /bin/env solution for now;
> it maximizes the "it just works" factor, and
> when it comes time for .in files much of the cogito code (at least)
> will probably be rewritten in Perl, and anything performance-sensitive
> will be in C.
> 

Makes sense.

	-hpa