Re: bash should not be essential
Hi,
>>"Santiago" == Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es> writes:
Santiago> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Rob Browning wrote:
>> Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es> writes: So if we have to
>> admit bashisms in debian/rules, we are in fact saying "Debian
>> packages will always be for Debian/Linux distributions".
>>
>> No, we are saying that you need bash on any Debian system.
Santiago> No, we are saying "If you want to port a single Debian
Santiago> package to some system, you have to Debianize the system
Santiago> first". This is nonsense.
Could we calm down a bit, please? I contend that any system
that we can't port bash to, we would find it well nigh impossible to
port a Debian system on (Heck, bash even works on my Dual boot NT
workstation).
I don't think you'll find very many systems that bash does not
port to.
manoj
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