[RFC PATCH v2] Allow applets to be implemented as scripts

[Kang-Che Sung]

On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 4:54 PM Ron Yorston <rmy at pobox.com> wrote:
>
> Kang-Che Sung wrote:
> >I think there is a potential for user to modify script applets heavily (for
> >their particular application). Trying to track dependencies after user
> >modification would be too much work for little benefit.
>
> Sure, users can modify script applets and break them.  But that's nothing
> new:  even now they can modify C applets and break them.
>
> All that BusyBox can guarantee is that the applets it ships work as-is.
>
You have already been needing 4 lines of config options for dependencies
(CAT & SLEEP & ECHO & SH) of a 3-line script applet (nologin).
How can we guarantee that there would be no more
dependency hell if more script applets are brought in to busybox?
That's the problem.
And that's why I'm against the idea of configurable script applets.