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Re: dash bug which is affecting release goal



On Sun, 2008-02-10 at 20:34 +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 07:17:58PM +0000, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> > 
> > Or are you saying that it's ok for dash to override random Debian
> > commands in incompatible ways?
> 
>   Well, let's drop bash right away then !
> 
> $ bash -c 'type test'; zsh -c 'type test'; posh -c 'type test'; dash -c 'type test'
> test is a shell builtin
> test is a shell builtin
> posh: type: not found
> test is a shell builtin

Right.  The problem is that Debian policy on the question is incoherent.

It was wrong of me to describe it as a dash bug.

Thomas



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