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Re: RFD: Essential packages, /, and /usr



> I do not see why we should use which.  As I have stated previously, we
> already require feature sets (set -e in particular) in the new POSIX
> document which imply the existence of type(1).  So type should be

Can we codify this better?

> the preferred utility for this task.  Besides, as an external utility,
> which(1) does not know about shell builtins, which is actually bad.

This depends on the user's perspective.  I can't imagine ever wanting to
do anything other than 'test -x /absolute/path' in a postinst.


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