Re: Proposed new POSIX sh policy, version two

[Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>]

On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 09:51:37AM +0200, Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> wrote:
> And this is only possible if scripts use
> 
>     /bin/sh
> 
> The  /bin/sh could be any valid shell that provided the standard set
> of features. 
> 
> The installation system ("Essential") which sets /bin/sh to point to
> /bin/bash in this respect has been a bad choice because people are not
> aware of the bashinm they might be using as a result of it.

Maybe bash should restrict its features when called sh... like gzip
changes its features when called gunzip, etc.

Mike