Re: PW#5-13: New virtual packages

[Brian White <bcwhite@verisim.com>]

> With the policy on POSIX shells coming up, would a virtual package `sh',
> or `posix-shell', be appropriate? I think bash and ash could provide it,
> and possibly others, too (ksh? zsh?). I also think the link /bin/sh could
> be perfectly managed by the `alternatives' system, with the `smallest'
> shell (in terms of memory and processor requirements) having the highest
> priority.

I think it would just be better to require any /bin/sh to be posix compliant.

                                          Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@verisim.com )

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