Re: [PATCH] latest ash has broken 'echo' command
On Sun, Oct 24, 1999 at 11:32:18PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 25, 1999 at 10:14:24AM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > * We can either fix all our scripts wrt POSIX or we can change the policy to
> > include an exception for echo. Or we can get rid of POSIX compliance
> > altogether.
>
> "Widespread use in user community and in Linux kernel" trumps "POSIX
> standard and debian policy which has never been implemented in debian".
>
> I have no objection to someone going out and changing the linux kernel
> and asking the entire linux community to change. And if that's going
> to happen at some point done I have no objection to leaving the debian
> policy alone. I don't consider that a personal priority though.
>
> Until that's done, I do not think it's at all reasonable to remove
> echo -n support from debian's ash.
So which of the two latter options do you support. An exception for echo in
the policy or getting rid of the reference to POSIX?
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