Re: command -v in postinsts violating policy
On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 02:20:32AM +0200, Kjetil Torgrim Homme wrote:
> you mean quiet versions of
>
> getent passwd $user >/dev/null
> getent group $group >/dev/null
Neither man page nor the getent --help were so useful, but i suppose it is not
aware of PAM, for examples.
> ? I don't see the point, really. now, if you needed to throw away
> stderr, I'd agree. so don't use
>
> id $user >/dev/null 2>&1
>
> adding another tiny utility will just make Debian more incompatible
> with every other Unix for little benefit.
I think he was talking about package configuation utilities, not users
programs: indeed, Debian utilities to configure a package will be useful
whenever we'll face other architecture where the standard unix/linux tool will
not be available.
ciao,
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