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Bug#621121: Dash as a default shell



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Hi,

On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 02:00:32PM -0600, Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph. wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 01:00:42PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> > reassign 621121 release-notes
> 
> > > #!/bin/sh
> > 
> > Please run
> > 
> >  # dpkg-reconfigure dash
> > 
> > and set bash as the system shell, and your scripts will work again.

> > Before squeeze you probably didn't run into problems because bash was
> > the default system shell.  Do you have any ideas about how we can make
> > this changed default more visible?  (It was documented in dash's
> > NEWS.Debian.gz but perhaps that is not visible enough.)

Is this issue still relevant for Wheezy? I suspect it isn’t and advise
the RN wizard to close it (I may do so myself next time I come across
this bug report unless more information is provided).

Regards

David

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