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Re: Switching /bin/sh to dash (part two)



On Tue, Jul 21 2009, Raphael Geissert wrote:

> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
>> 
>> It is not like you will be able to remove bash from the vast majority of
>> the Debian systems out there anyway, so it doesn't matter if it remains
>> "essential" for a while.
>
> The goal of dropping bash from essential is not to remove bash from the
> systems (or from Debian), it is about making packages really using it
> depend on it.

        Can you explain why this added dependency is a good thing, apart
 from creating more work for people?

        manoj
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