Re: either bash or dash should be enough

To: 619820@bugs.debian.org
Cc: Harald Dunkel <harri@afaics.de>, Raphael Geissert <atomo64@gmail.com>, general@packages.debian.org
Subject: Re: either bash or dash should be enough
From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 08:49:22 -0500
Message-id: <[🔎] 20110327134922.GA7584@elie>
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# which packages are essential affects the entire distribution
reassign 619820 general
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Hi,

Harald Dunkel wrote:

> I cannot remove dash nor bash. Both are marked as essential packages.
> One shell should be enough for a minimal system.

That's a good point.  Raphael, do you remember why dash is essential?
Once we have a good mechanism for safely switching between arbitrary
policy-compliant shells (Bug#540512), would it be possible to make
"sh" essential instead?

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