Re: Proposed release goal: Switch to dash as /bin/sh to speed up the boot
Petter Reinholdtsen dixit:
>> Please consider keeping current policy and implementing the
>> alternatives system like the window manager stuff in the Debconf
>> tutorial.
>
>I believe the reason /bin/sh replacment isn't done using alternatives
>it to reduce the possibility of leaving the system completely wracked
>if something goes wrong with the alternatives. At least that was the
>argument I heard when it was proposed last time.
Hm, I hope I make myself clearer now: I wasn't talking about the
/etc/alternatives system here but about the one from the Debconf
tutorial, handling /bin/sh as it's done right now (i.e. with a
dpkg diversion). Sorry for the vagueness in terms.
bye,
//mirabile
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