On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 02:46:05PM -0400, Jean Schurger wrote:
> Package: grep
> Version: 2.20-3
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
> 
>    * What led up to the situation?
> 
> (not kidding), removing bash prevent /bin/egrep to work.
> 
>    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>      ineffective)?
> 
> apt-get remove --purge bash
> 
>    * What was the outcome of this action?
> 
> /bin/egrep stopped working
> 
>    * What outcome did you expect instead?
> 
> Either depends on the bash package or use the /bin/sh shebang
> 

bash is essential. Packages do not have to depend on it.

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