Re: "dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works

[didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com>]

Le 09/06/2023 à 15:38, S M a écrit :
> Good day.
>
> I noticed on a newly installed system with Debian 12 that dpkg-reconfigure no longer allows to switch the /bin/sh symlink from dash to bash. This is apparently intentional as per the following:
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> https://launchpad.net/debian/+source/dash/0.5.11+git20210903+057cd650a4ed-4
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> I couldn't find any additional context or rationale. I would like to know if this is going to be a permanent change. Debian currently disables command line editing in dash builds, so that makes it unusable as an interactive shell.
>
> Thank you very much for everything.

Hello,

This is explained in the wiki:
- dash is the Debian default non-interactive shell for speed and 
compliance to standard (setup of /bin/sh)
- bash is the Debian default interactive shell for ease of use (setup of 
/etc/adduser.conf)

https://wiki.debian.org/Shell