On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 01:06:18AM +0200, darthcat wrote: > Package: menu > Version: 2.1.47 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > I noticed in many terminal-emulators'manpage that the -e option enabled a > terminal to execute a command, so why use "sh -c" with it? I think it's simply > unuseful and heavier.
This is necessary to handle complex commands (using arguments, &&, |, >, etc). Not all terminal-emulators handle complex command the same way. Using sh -c provide a common ground. Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here.
