Re: Patch for bash

[Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>]

Anthony Towns wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 28, 1999 at 12:22:37PM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote:
> > Frankly, I think this whole process is too risky for the benefit gained,
> > certainly too much risk for a non-maintainer upload, and that we shouldn't
> > do it with current tools.
> 
> Do note that changing the preinst to a binary can be cleanly separated
> from manipulating /bin/sh in the postinst, and that a binary preinst
> means that bash can be removed and reinstalled successfully, which was
> what Apt was trying to do when everything died (bash has an implicit
> pre-dependency on itself).

Indeed, I specifically referred to the manipulation of /bin/sh.  I will
downgrade the bugs involved.

Richard Braakman