Re: "dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works
On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 08:00:51PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 05:45:04PM -0500, S M wrote:
> > Regarding a workaround, I ended up creating a symlink /usr/local/bin/sh
> > pointing to bash and chsh to that.
>
> Why? Why not simply chsh to /bin/bash if that's what you want as your
> interactive shell?
>
> Are you somehow relying on bash's disabling of certain features when
> invoked as "sh", in interactive mode? I don't understand that at all.
>
Yes. POSIX-compliance is a feature to me. I'd actually be fine with
using dash itself but the lack of command line editing and filename
completion is a deal-breaker to me.
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