Re: Bug#695761: unblock: debian-edu/1.702 and debian-edu-config/1.702

[Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>]

[Holger Levsen]
>> Is there any guarantee /bin/sh has a 'type' built-in utility?  I guess
>> it will in most cases, and if it doesn't you just don't run nscd so it
>> should be fine…
> 
> Seems better to use "if [ -x /usr/sbin/nscd ] ; then..."
> instead. Would you prefer an upload with that change?

I prefer type over testing for specific paths, to not depend on a
specific location on disk.  If nscd or other tools move from /usr/bin/
to one of the other directories in the PATH, I want our scripts to
keep working.

All the relevant /bin/sh we need to work with (dash and bash) provide
a working type command.  In fact, I am not aware of any Bource shell
compatible shell that is missing it, but guess there might be some. :)

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Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen