Re: what options do we have was Re: POSIX shell\; bash ash pdksh \& /bin/sh

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Subject: Re: what options do we have was Re: POSIX shell\; bash ash pdksh \& /bin/sh
From: Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 15:07:30 -0400
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> > I mean, we don't even have a tested mechanism for providing an alternative
> > to bash for /bin/sh and already we're talking about making these untried
> > mechanisms mandandory?

Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org> wrote:
> You think /etc/alternatives is untested?

No, but I think anything other than bash for /bin/sh in the context
of debian packages is untested.

-- 
Raul


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