Re: Switching /bin/sh to dash without dash essential

[Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>]

Raphael Geissert <atomo64+debian@gmail.com> writes:

> Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> But that should be a choice. Not forced upon the user. As Manoj has
>> said now a few times, many things will break for users even if all of
>> Debian is dash fixed. By making /bin/sh choosable everybody wins.
>> 
>
> Who said anything about not offering the user to choose what /bin/sh points
> to?
> Nobody.
>
> Cheers,
> Raphael Geissert

Then where is that choice? How will it be done?

The proposal has shown one way of doing it.

The existing dash package uses dpkg-divert, which is unsuitable on a
larger scale (larger than the one dash package). And to have bash
removable dash has to force itself as /bin/sh. So there goes even that
little choice.

What alternative do you speak off where the user will have a choice of
what is /bin/sh?

MfG
        Goswin