Re: Bug#270868: Should not implement "test" builtin

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

Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org> writes:

> > Policy clause 10.4 is aimed at preventing that situation -- at
> > regulating scripts in such a way that it is possible for the
> > administrator to point /bin/sh at something faster than bash and thereby
> > to make some scripts run faster -- but its language isn't adequate to
> 
> It also makes it possible for the administrator to point /bin/sh at
> something smaller which is useful on embedded and other space-starved
> systems, except when maintainers insist on using bash for the "useful"
> features it provides.

The problem is that under your interpretation, it also allows the
administrator to point /bin/sh at a shell with a crazy builtin version
of "debconf" and then complain when everything breaks.

Thomas