Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 16:28 -0700, Bruce Sass wrote: > At that point, I suggested and still suggest that we change Policy to > restrict /bin/sh to a specific set of shells, rather than just any > "Posix-compatible shell".
I think this could be solved with wording like: ...must work with any POSIX compliant shell. The reference shell in Debian is /bin/dash, which can be used to test the maintainer scripts. It is however recommended that the maintainer scripts are made as general as possible and not restricted to any particular sh-implementation, not even /bin/dash. I'm sure someone can rephrase the above better, my idea being: - /bin/dash is the measure (the minimum) - It is encouraged that maintainers accept patches and seek ways to generalize scripts (= pay attention to lintian warnings) even further so that they are not restricted to even /bin/dash alone. It is preferred that scrpts could also work with /bin/posh /bin/pdksh /bin/mksh etc. as well, if this does not require overly complex constructs in the programs. Jari -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
