Re: Why does Debian use a nonstandard chsh?
Jor-el wrote:
> Why is this important? Because, whenever a kernel developer uses
>'chsh' for some purpose, if the flags that he uses are not compatible with
>the version that Debian uses, then a breakage in Debian could result. This
>means more work for some Debian developer.
Not necessarily.
> Also, when someone says, "for this level of the kernel, you need
>this version of software x", someone in Debian needs to be tracking this
>to understand the version requirements and to ensure that the Debian
>version of package x indeed satisfies the kernel developers requirements.
That person would be me.
Please read http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/running-kernel-2.2
for the rundown on what breaks.
> In this specific case, wouldnt it be a good idea to introduce a
>chsh into the mainstream which handles, both shadow-password and
>non-shadow-password enabled systems? That way, incompatibility with the
>mainstream can be removed.
Does this fix anything besides a documentation bug?
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Robert Woodcock - rcw@debian.org
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