From: pk@pk.invalid   
      
   On Saturday 10 May 2008 13:23, Aragorn wrote:   
      
   >> I am using Gentoo. I would like to replace some of my core files with   
   >> custom built alternatives. For example, I would like to replace   
   >> /bin/echo, /bin/ls, and lots of other base binaries. [...]   
   >   
   > Just for the record, */bin/echo,* */bin/ls* and siblings are normally   
   > never used if you're running GNU Bash as your command shell, because Bash   
   > has those commands built-in.   
      
   Well, ls is not a built-in. As for echo, many scripts explicitly   
   hardcode /bin/echo to avoid breaking when run under a shell that does not   
   have echo built-in (ok, echo should not be used and printf should be used   
   instead, but that's another story).   
      
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