Re: I would like to see "cmd" alias for "bash" binary in every distribution

[Eric Blake]

On 4/24/20 8:26 AM, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 4/24/20 9:24 AM, Eli Schwartz wrote:
> > On 4/24/20 9:17 AM, Vaidas BoQsc wrote:
> > > Why the zero possibility.
> > Why should bash.git force this on people? I strongly object to this
> > proposed force-takeover of a global name in the $PATH for insufficient
> > rationale, and furthermore I'm personally bothered by the idea of
> > invoking bash as 'cmd', refuse to do so myself, and strongly recommend
> > that others do NOT use such an alias.
> >
> > There now. Tell me why this opinion, which I'm confident is shared by
> > many people, should be overruled. What's the incentive for Chet to do so?
>
> It's not actually up to me -- even though I'm not in favor. It's up to the
> Linux distros, and to the other vendors who ship bash.

And as someone who packages bash for the Cygwin distro, I'll add my 2 
cents: I will NOT make this change.  'cmd' has a completely different 
syntax than 'sh' or 'bash', and providing a default installation alias 
will only be a disservice to users who know the difference between the 
two.  You can do it on your local setup, but don't expect any distro to 
ever foist this ill-advised decision upon all of their users.

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