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Re: Why isn't /bin/sh managed with alternatives?



"David Z. Maze" <dmaze@donut.mit.edu> writes:

> At least two packages (ash and bash) provide a program that could
> reasonably masquerade as /bin/sh.  Is there a {historical,good} reason 
> why this isn't managed with Debian's alternatives mechanism?

See bug report 10699, in which I wrote:

  After 2.0 is released, I will make /bin/sh an alternative that bash
  and ash can provide.  I don't want to do it before then because it
  might be too unsettling.


Guy


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