This isn't going to fix the fact that they are shipping a 12 years old version of bash. How many scripts with `#!/usr/bin/env bash` are there out there?
Bash is the least worst language for bootstrapping since the alternative is POSIX shell which is even more difficult to get right.
The biggest issue is that Bash 3.x arrays don't work well with `set -u`.
Bash is the least worst language for bootstrapping since the alternative is POSIX shell which is even more difficult to get right.
The biggest issue is that Bash 3.x arrays don't work well with `set -u`.