Re: Proposed new POSIX sh policy
Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net> writes:
> On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 16:28 -0700, Bruce Sass wrote:
> At that point, I suggested and still suggest that we change Policy to
> restrict /bin/sh to a specific set of shells, rather than just any
> "Posix-compatible shell".
I think this could be solved with wording like:
...must work with any POSIX compliant shell. The reference shell in
Debian is /bin/dash, which can be used to test the maintainer
scripts. It is however recommended that the maintainer scripts are
made as general as possible and not restricted to any particular
sh-implementation, not even /bin/dash.
I'm sure someone can rephrase the above better, my idea being:
- /bin/dash is the measure (the minimum)
- It is encouraged that maintainers accept patches and seek ways to
generalize scripts (= pay attention to lintian warnings)
even further so that they are not restricted to even
/bin/dash alone. It is preferred that scrpts could also work with
/bin/posh /bin/pdksh /bin/mksh etc. as well, if this does not require
overly complex constructs in the programs.
Jari
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