Re: bash exorcism experiment ('bug' 762923 & 763012)
On Wed, 15 Oct 2014, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Actually, the problem is indeed in policy. In its resolution of
> #539158 the TC decided unanimously (but unfortunately slightly
> implicitly) that printf ought to be provided by our /bin/sh.
Somewhat.
> As the maintainer of a minority shell, Thorsten has the most interest
> in regularising this. Perhaps Thorsten would like to propose a
> suitable policy wording (with a view to changing posh to match).
I’d rather prefer to see this resolved by getting #428189 fixed.
Michael, can you please comment on that bug, as coreutils maintainer?
> Obviously that wording ought to be consistent with the TC's decision
> in #539158 - ie, it should specify printf as a builtin.
Fixing #428189 would avoid pulling printf into the list of builtins
and not violate the #539158 decision.
bye,
//mirabilos
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