Otavio Salvador wrote: > Jérémy Bobbio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 01:11:25PM -0500, Raphael Geissert wrote: >>> Would it be possible to add an extra page to d-i in expert mode to >>> install dash and configure it as the default /bin/sh? >>> dash uses a debconf prompt to install itself as sh, so there's no big >>> stuff that needs to be done. >> >> The policy around expert mode is that it should not change the >> installation behaviour in itself. Answering default to extra questions >> in expert mode should result in the same installation as normal ones. >> >> As dash already as a debconf questions, the implementation of such >> behaviour is pretty straightforward: d-i should install dash. >> >> If dash is promoted as part of the base system, it will be installed >> without any changes from the d-i team. The other candidate that would >> trigger such installation that I can think of is the "standard" task of >> tasksel. >> >> I think I would object any implementation that would require more >> specific changes in d-i itself. > > I fully agree. That isn't d-i business; if dash needs/should be > installed it needs to be done changing Debian base, not using d-i. >
Thanks for replying. As Luk Claes stated on a message to -devel-announce: the dash as /bin/sh switch won't be done for lenny. So my proposal was to add an extra page offering to install dash, probably defaulting to no, as lenny should be 'dash-safe', i.e. no bashisms in stuff interpreted by sh, and I really don't want to lose the momentum, with the plus of letting people install dash at install time (which could help spotting issues not yet detected, so lenny+1 is even safer). Cheers, -- Atomo64 - Raphael Please avoid sending me Word, PowerPoint or Excel attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
