Re: dash situation
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 04:44:56PM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> dash is /bin/sh by default. It currently has three rc bugs.
> * #546528: dash's preinst shouldn't rely on /bin/sh
> This bug has a patch which is almost one year old. I pinged Gerrtit
> about half a year ago without any response. When Marek Kubica tried
> to NMU this patch further problems turned out. Raphael Geissert has
> worked on these problems, but no final solution is in place yet.
I didn't respond because I thought I already commented on the bug, but
it was a different one
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546504#32
Back then the preinst was still subject to change, and developing it as
shell script is easier. I guess it still is, and making it a C program
can wait until major changes to the script are settled. But all this
will be done as NMUs anyway, so do as you prefer.
Regards, Gerrit.
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