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

[Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net>]

Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org> writes:

> > If you look at bugs #260092 and #264176, you'll see that the complaint
> > is that the script is using -o and -a as arguments to "test".  It is
> > true that -o and -a are not specified by Posix "test".  But--and this
> > is absolutely crucial--Posix "test" is not part of the Posix shell
> > specification.  As far as Posix is concerned, "test" is simply one
> > more program.
> 
> What are you talking about?  What do you mean by "Posix shell
> specification" if not the XCU volume of IEEE 1003.1?

The Posix shell specification is the Posix specification of the "sh"
command, not of everything in the XCU spec.