Re: Please consider adding an option to install dash as /bin/sh in expert mode for beta2
Raphael Geissert <atomo64+debian@gmail.com> writes:
> Otavio Salvador wrote:
>
>> Jérémy Bobbio <lunar@debian.org> writes:
>>
>>> On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 01:11:25PM -0500, Raphael Geissert wrote:
>>>> Would it be possible to add an extra page to d-i in expert mode to
>>>> install dash and configure it as the default /bin/sh?
>>>> dash uses a debconf prompt to install itself as sh, so there's no big
>>>> stuff that needs to be done.
>>>
>>> The policy around expert mode is that it should not change the
>>> installation behaviour in itself. Answering default to extra questions
>>> in expert mode should result in the same installation as normal ones.
>>>
>>> As dash already as a debconf questions, the implementation of such
>>> behaviour is pretty straightforward: d-i should install dash.
>>>
>>> If dash is promoted as part of the base system, it will be installed
>>> without any changes from the d-i team. The other candidate that would
>>> trigger such installation that I can think of is the "standard" task of
>>> tasksel.
>>>
>>> I think I would object any implementation that would require more
>>> specific changes in d-i itself.
>>
>> I fully agree. That isn't d-i business; if dash needs/should be
>> installed it needs to be done changing Debian base, not using d-i.
>>
>
> Thanks for replying.
>
> As Luk Claes stated on a message to -devel-announce: the dash as /bin/sh
> switch won't be done for lenny.
> So my proposal was to add an extra page offering to install dash, probably
> defaulting to no, as lenny should be 'dash-safe', i.e. no bashisms in stuff
> interpreted by sh, and I really don't want to lose the momentum, with the
> plus of letting people install dash at install time (which could help
> spotting issues not yet detected, so lenny+1 is even safer).
It's pretty easy to anyone to an aptitude or apt-get call after
installing the system. If someone knows about dash, and their
differences against bash, we can suppose he/she is aware of
apt-get/aptitude and how to make it.
I think it's nice to do a call for testing, and -devel-announce is a
good place for that; this would cause the same effect, catching the
issues not yet detected.
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