Re: [PATCH] latest ash has broken 'echo' command
On Sun, Oct 24, 1999 at 11:56:04PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> If someone wants to change the world (I'm most concerned about the linux
> kernel source, debian policy and existing debian scripts, but I expect
> that there are other issues as well), I have no objection to a later
> change to debian policy which removes all references to echo -n.
Please don't make the kernel source sound like the end of the world.
They've used bashisms for a long time and still do. So they don't affect this
argument at all.
> But for the moment, I'm recommending that debian policy be changed to
> require /bin/sh support echo -n.
I can live with that.
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