Bug#48247: marked as done ([AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n)
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From: Raul Miller <moth@debian.org>
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Subject: echo -n
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I'm tired of defending the current situation where debian policy specifies
POSIX behavior for /bin/sh, but echo -n has widespread use in the Linux
community (including especially debian policy, the linux kernel source,
many debian scripts, etc.). This echo -n mechanism is valid but not
required under POSIX, and rather than change the world I think it's
easier to change policy.
*** policy.sgml.orig Sun Oct 24 23:38:33 1999
--- policy.sgml Sun Oct 24 23:48:16 1999
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*** 2218,2224 ****
<p>
The standard shell interpreter `<tt>/bin/sh</tt>' may be a
! symbolic link to any POSIX compatible shell. Thus, shell
scripts specifying `<tt>/bin/sh</tt>' as interpreter may
only use POSIX features. If a script requires non-POSIX
features from the shell interpreter, the appropriate shell
--- 2218,2225 ----
<p>
The standard shell interpreter `<tt>/bin/sh</tt>' may be a
! symbolic link to any POSIX compatible shell, if <tt>echo
! -n</tt> does not generate a newline. Thus, shell
scripts specifying `<tt>/bin/sh</tt>' as interpreter may
only use POSIX features. If a script requires non-POSIX
features from the shell interpreter, the appropriate shell
--
Raul
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From: Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>
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Cc: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
Subject: Closed in debian-policy 3.2.1.0
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Thanks to Manoj for closing all of these bugs in debian-policy version
3.2.1.0.
Julian
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