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:

> After thinking about this some more I may prefer something like
> 
>   OPTION #: Clarify 10.4 to explicitly proscribe reliance on features
>   not required by POSIX not only for the shell and its command language,
>   but for all utilities required by XCU unless said scripts ensure that
>   they invoke the specific utilities providing such features.

Ok, that's OPTION 3, but with a very big list of programs specified.

I think the problem with that is that the list of programs is way too
big, and includes programs which nobody in practice will ever build
in.  

Debian does *not* promise--and should not promise--that you can
substitute any old Posix ls in place of ls.

Thomas