"Brian M. Carlson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This is a public service announcement about Debian Policy section 10.4, > which states in part: > > The standard shell interpreter `/bin/sh' can be a symbolic link to any > POSIX compatible shell, if `echo -n' does not generate a newline.[1] > Thus, shell scripts specifying `/bin/sh' as interpreter should only > use POSIX features. If a script requires non-POSIX features from the > shell interpreter, the appropriate shell must be specified in the > first line of the script (e.g., `#!/bin/bash') and the package must > depend on the package providing the shell (unless the shell package is > marked "Essential", as in the case of `bash').
> I would like to point out that the following are not POSIX features: > > local > test -o > test -a Debian programs may legitimately assume that the Debian versions of other programs (including /bin/test) are installed. If your shell chooses to implement such things as builtins, it is obliged to do so in a way which is compatible with the Debian standard versions of those utilities. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
