Re: Proposed new POSIX sh policy

[Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>]

Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> writes:

> * Manoj Srivastava (srivasta@debian.org) [061116 05:57]:
> > ,----
> > |  "Shell scripts specifying /bin/sh as interpreter must only use POSIX
> > |  features, additionally, they may assume that echo -n .... . Also,
> > |  they may use test -a/o and the local directive in shell functions,
> > |  as long as ....  If a shell script uses features beyond this set
> > |  listed, then the appropriate shell must be specified in the first
> > |  line of the script (e.g., #!/bin/bash) and the package must depend on
> > |  the package providing the shell (unless the shell package is marked
> > |  "Essential", as in the case of bash). "
> > `----
> > 
> >         This does specify what the scripts may expect, but drops all
> >  wording from this section regarding what the policy expectation of
> >  /bin/sh is.
> 
> Sounds good to me. Though (as a non-native speaker) I would rather
> reformat it to:
> | ... must only use POSIX features, and can:
> | - assume that echo -n ...
> | - use test -a/o and the local directive

I concur. Please use definition list (bulletin or some suct), to list the
items. It's more clear that way.

Jari