bring-your-own-bash based bootstrapping #33
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I'm pro this approach initially, but want to see us migrating to a universal binary based on Cosmopolitan lib. My reasoning is we can't beat the flexibility and universality of a compiled program, especially if we layer a powerful language atop.
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This change may serve as a solution to compatibility issues between different shells/OS'es, such as: #8 #28 #29
The approach is quite simple: when launched, script first downloads statically linked
bash+toybox, and re-load itself using downloaded interpreter andPATHreduced only to what's provided bytoybox. Original binary search path is restored just before entering nix-shell.