Bug#3137: pdksh is in /bin

[Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>]

On Tue, 28 May 1996, Martin Schulze wrote:

> Would someone (Ian J. I'm talking 'bout you) please read debian-devel
> and answer the questions that are asked about filesystem structure
> instead of silly filing bugreports?

Ian did answer your question, and I agree with his interpretation that
this part of the FSSTND doesn't apply:

  (FSSTND 3.1)
  If /bin/sh is Bash, then /bin/sh should be a symbolic or hard link to
  /bin/bash since Bash behaves differently when called as sh or bash.
  pdksh, which may be the /bin/sh on install disks, should likewise be
  arranged with /bin/sh being a symlink to /bin/ksh.

The "likewise" implies that the second sentence only takes effect if
/bin/sh is ksh.  Nothing is said about ksh's location when /bin/sh is
not ksh.

> I think I have to think of quitting the project.

Please don't.  Reread Ian's mail, and you'll see that it may be terse
but is certainly not rude.


Guy