Re: ash/echo/POSIX/SUS
On Sat, Oct 30, 1999 at 06:31:48AM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
>
> Debian policy doesn't require that scripts be posix compliant but does
> require that /bin/sh be posix compliant.
The way I read it the policy certainly does require the scripts to be
POSIX compliant.
> You might think that since /bin/sh must be posix compliant that the
> scripts must be compliant. But you could only think that if you arrange
> to ignore all the places where the policy already suggests echo -n
That's just an internal inconsistency.
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