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Re: POSIX shell; bash ash pdksh & /bin/sh



Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com> writes:

> 	Because I have gotten used to the fact that if I say
>  #!/bin/bash; I shall find something. Not only I, but packages, and
>  doubtless other users have too. Do we really want to go rooting
>  thorough packages and forcing packages that use /bin/bash to declare
>  explicit dependencies? Is this effort justified? 

No, I can see no good reason why bash should not remain an essential, 
required package in Debian. IMO its functionality is better than any
other shell I've tried.

	Martin.


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