Re: dash bug which is affecting release goal

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Subject: Re: dash bug which is affecting release goal
From: Mike Bird <mgb@yosemite.net>
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:26:31 -0800
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On Sun February 10 2008 10:16:44 Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> Shells can override commands, but only if they don't play games with the
> syntax.

Agreed. Within the Debian world, dash has redefined test rather
than building in test.  Therefore, within the Debian world, dash
is not Posix compliant.  Within the Debian world, this is a dash
bug.  Possible solutions include Debian-specific patches to either
make dash's test compatible or to disable dash's incompatible test.

--Mike Bird

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