On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, David Weinehall wrote: > On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 02:16:39PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > And while dash is also optional, all *correctly* written /bin/sh > > > scripts should work with dash too. > > > > That's incorrect. A correctly written /bin/sh script is allowed to > > use Debian programs (including, say, test) and expect to get the > > Debian versions. Please read the thread on the policy list from quite > > a while ago. > > (Sorry for an extremely late reply, found this sorted into the wrong > mailbox): > > test is in /usr/bin/ (together with [), thus at the very least > init-scripts cannot rely on behaviour provided by /usr/bin/test, > but make do with what /bin/sh provides, which limits you to what > POSIX-test (e.g. dash) provides.
Er, only some such scripts; those that are run before /usr is available(which is a small set). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
