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



Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk> writes:

> This practice might as well be endorsed by policy.  I suggest that
> 10.4 be changed to require that scripts run correctly on bash, dash
> and posh.  The reason for including posh in the list is that this
> will continue to discourage the use of extensions that happen to be
> implemented by both bash and dash; this keeps open the possibility
> that other shells can be added to the list in the future.

So my preferred solution to the current problem is a list of shells,
but I am officially unconcerned with which list it is.

My preference would be to not list posh, but is there general
agreement about the list-of-shells solution first?

Thomas



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