severity 537778 wishlist retitle 537778 remove outdated code from maintainer scripts thanks
Raphael Geissert writes: Hi, > > The postinst tries to replace /bin/sh if it was already pointing to ksh, but Yes, the code is to support the /bin/ksh to /bin/pdksh conversion in order not to leave the users who had made theirs /bin/sh pointing to /bin/ksh without a working /bin/sh. Such a link must have been added by users by hand, there has never been any code in the package that would help them with making theirs /bin/sh link pointing to pdksh. As the conversion took place 4 years ago, I'm going to remove the support code in next upload. > pdksh is far away from being a suitable sh replacement. I've been using it as my /bin/sh for about 9 or 10 years without any bigger problems. > It doesn't even > implement some basic features widely used in the archive which are *required* > by policy. One example of such a feature is support for local variables. pdksh do support local variables. Regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
