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

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>]

>>"Clint" == Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org> writes:

 >> Yeah, well, I'll be happy to change this once we have some official
 >> Policy, or an offical Best Current Practice statement.

 Clint> We DO have an official Policy.  It makes 'command -v' unusable in
 >> !/bin/sh scripts.  That's 688 packages in violation.
 >>     It makes 'set -e'
 Clint> unusable in #!/bin/sh scripts.  That's 6810 packages in
 Clint> violation.  At least 7498 packages in sid have preinsts,
 Clint> prerms, postinsts, or postrms which violate Debian policy.

	The policy explicitly mentions that set -e is to be used. Have
 we collectively taken leave of common sense?

 Clint> Manoj suggests that I file bugs.

	For the former. For the latter, if it really confuses soemone
 whether set -e is to be used or not, I suggest they stop
 being a developer and take up some other hobby, like being a lawyer.

	manoj
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