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Re: /bin/sh diversions



On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 05:47:59PM +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 02:59:13PM +0000, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> > Pierre Habouzit dixit:
> > 
> > >I don't see a valid reason for the
> > >user to chose what lies behind /bin/sh.
> > 
> > Debian policy allows it.
> 
>   Okay, but that's not an argument. What would be the point for the user
> to change /bin/sh if Debian has already chosen the fastest and smallest
> one ?

It being the smallest and fastest one doesn't really help if you're in a
tight environment where you want only one shell to be installed, and you
want to use a different one from whatever Debian chose because of other
reasons.

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