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Re: Switching the default /bin/sh to dash



On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Raphael Geissert wrote:
> Artur R. Czechowski wrote:
> > What about debconf question?
> 
> dash already has one, the idea is to make it essential and default to yes,
> so that as soon as it is installed the symlink is changed. If you wish to
> have dash installed but not as /bin/sh you can always dpkg-reconfigure
> dash.

Hum, AFAIK if it defaults to yes, it will be changed on upgrade for anyone
who has not yet seen the question. So that doesn't work if your plan is to
not change it except for new installations.

Cheers,
-- 
Raphaël Hertzog

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