Re: ash/echo/POSIX/SUS
On Sat, Oct 30, 1999 at 12:47:02PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> wrote:
> > mystified. All this talk about echo -n, all the time and bits, and what
> > we end up with is behavior that we already had, and another policy
> > change. Are we trying to create a policy document or a distribution?
>
> It's not about legalese to me. The main concern for me is whether ash can
> survive if people start using features not required by POSIX in #!/bin/sh
> scripts. echo may just be the thin end of the wedge.
exactly. if bashisms are a bad thing to have in #!/bin/sh scripts, why
are 'ashisms' any better?
BTW, /bin/echo provides "-n" and other non-posix extensions.
/bin/echo is in GNU shellutils, an Essential/Required package.
craig
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