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Re: Several reason a minimal POSIX /bin/bash is a bad idea




On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote:

<snip>
> It is delivered in the base system. While you are free to do anything you
> wish with your system, I expect to be running bash when I log into my
> system, and I think most folks do as well.
> 
> I don't think that anyone has advocated that you should be forced to use
> bash. What I am advocating is that you not restrict me from using it.

bash_2.01.1-3.deb appears to directly install symlinks bin/sh->bash
and usr/man/man1/sh.1.gz->bash.1.gz.  These symlinks will get re-installed
whenever this package is updated.  Is this a bug? If so, who/what
should install these symlinks?  update-alternatives (and, if so, do
we need a policy manual pronouncement on bash vs. ash vs. foo priority
levels)?



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