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Bug#267142: debian-policy: Sections 10.4 and 6.1 are inconsistent (Posix doesn't say what you think it says)



> Highly debatable.  Policy only mentions POSIX with respect to standard
> shell features, and test(1) is not a standard shell feature, it's a
> standard utility program.

I'm not sure what you mean by "standard" here; test is more often than
not implemented as a builtin.

Anyone who thinks a crusade against extraneous builtins is a good idea
should take a look at the list of builtins actually required by POSIX.



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