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Re: /bin/sh diversions



Le mercredi 01 août 2007 à 13:22 +0000, Thorsten Glaser a écrit :
> While I don't have an issue with dash being the default /bin/sh we should
> implement a mechanism for the user to select which shell he wants there,
> via debconf. 

I don't think so, no.

The default shell should be dash and there is no reason to make it
configurable. If a user wants to shoot himself in the foot by changing
it, that's fine, but we shouldn't provide a system which has the
smallest chance of breaking /bin/sh.

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