Re: "dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works
On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 07:20:29AM -0700, Kushal Kumaran wrote:
> >From the comments on
> https://salsa.debian.org/debian/dash/-/commit/c322a1c9fc6be11d7eb4439407c0a398aba8bbb7,
> this is intentional and permanent. /bin/sh pointing to bash is no
> longer supported.
Huh. Well, that's rather important, isn't it?
The package maintainers seem to have forgotten to TELL us this, at least
in the NEWS.Debian.gz file, which still says only:
unicorn:/usr/share/doc/dash$ zless NEWS.Debian.gz
dash (0.5.5.1-2.1) unstable; urgency=low
* The default system shell (/bin/sh) has been changed to dash for
new installations. When upgrading existing installations, the
system shell will not be changed automatically.
* One can see what the current default system shell on this machine
is by running 'readlink /bin/sh'.
* Change it by running 'dpkg-reconfigure dash'.
-- Luk Claes <luk@debian.org> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:23:20 +0200
I've updated the wiki, so at least we have that much warning for users,
not that many people will read it.
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