Bug#267142: debian-policy: Sections 10.4 and 6.1 are inconsistent (Posix doesn't say what you think it says)
On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 01:59:04AM -0700, Chris Waters wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 09:44:16AM +0200, Thomas Hood wrote:
>
> > One reason to require posh compatibility is that this increases the
> > chances that other shells can be added to the list in the future.
>
> I'm not sure that's true (although I'm not sure it's not). But the
> immediate problem (the one we're trying to solve right now) has to do
> with shell builtins that override our more featureful non-builtin
> utilities. I don't think posh has any issues in this area, so adding
> posh to the required list is not necessary to fix the current bug.
Wrong, posh has a built-in 'test' command which is crippled. That is what
this whole thread is about. This 'test' built-in override /usr/bin/test
which support more options such as -a and -o that are commonly used.
(sorry for snipping I just wanted to make the above clear).
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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