On Tue, 2013-05-14 at 08:59 +0000, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > Helmut Grohne <helmut <at> subdivi.de> writes: > > > What are the benefits of using shells other than dash for /bin/sh? (as > > Why does dash get special treatment, anyway? It was “suddenly“ in > Debian after having been used in Ubuntu, but… there never was an > evaluation of shells. [...]
Because it's our very own tiny shell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_Almquist_shell Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Make three consecutive correct guesses and you will be considered an expert.
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part