Re: Proposed new POSIX sh policy
* Thomas Bushnell BSG (tb@becket.net) [061116 09:35]:
> On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 09:30 +0100, Andreas Barth wrote:
> > * Matthias.Beier.Gronau@gmx.de (Matthias.Beier.Gronau@gmx.de) [061115 18:31]:
> > > 1. /bin/sh can be a symbolic link to any shell.
> >
> > I don't think we allow to any shell - but there are more possibilities
> > than just /bin/bash.
>
> So can we just decide what the possibilities are and then put those in
> Policy and be done with it?
No, because policy doesn't work that way.
There is no reason to restrict us to a list of shells - there is a
reason to restrict us to a list of features.
Anyways, it seems that Manoj, Russ and almost everyone else (i.e.
everybody except you) agree what we should do, so I would call that a
rough consensus, and just go ahead.
Cheers,
Andi
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