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Re: Switching the default /bin/sh to dash



On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:10:46AM -0500, Raphael Geissert wrote:
> > And so that all users that upgrade do not benefit from the goal of this
> > change? Even better.
> 
> This is to avoid causing undesirable effects when upgrading. People have
> always been concerned about such kind of changes, and they are more than
> right. The goal is not to cause a chaos.

I can understand the fear.

Still, as a DD, I would like to explicitly switch to dash to help in
spotting possible problems. Can you please consider document how to
switch? I guess switching the symlink is enough, but an entry in
README.Debian saying explicitly so (and possibly documenting extra
needed steps) would be nice.

Thanks for your work!
Cheers.

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