On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 02:05:12AM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On May 19, Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Since bash does enable some features that are not specified in > > POSIX, even when called as /bin/sh, I don't see what the problem > > would be of installing "something else" as our default /bin/sh > > (ignoring the fact > That it would break all these non-portable scripts (do you really > suggest that our users should debug bashisms in other people's > autoconf scripts?).
Yes. The world is bigger than just GNU an GNU-based systems. What do you think the *BSD people have to do all the time? > > that only bash is Essential: yes for a second). It would greatly > > improve portability of said non-Debian scripts. > I doubt that the rest of the world would notice, at least for the > first few years, and we can be sure that it would greatly raise > frustration in our users. Sure. I'm still not sure whether that makes it a bad idea. -- Fun will now commence -- Seven Of Nine, "Ashes to Ashes", stardate 53679.4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
