On 2017-04-18 15:52 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Tue, 2017-04-18 at 16:33 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: >> On 2017-04-18 14:52 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> > >> > Just tested this - it appears that posh doesn't include "type", which >> > is what debootstrap is using to check what's available. I don't >> > personally know if "type" is a hard requirement in a posix shell here. >> >> It's not. > [...] > > No? I noticed the SUS page describing 'type' has an '[XSI]' next to > the name; does that indicate that it's optional?
Yes, XSI extensions are not mandatory, therefore posh does not implement it. See #397601[1]. Cheers, Sven 1. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=397601