On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 11:34:32PM +1000, Brendan O'Dea wrote: > bash is an essential package and therefore must (ยง2.3.7) supply all core > functionality when unconfigured--which precludes the use of > update-alternatives (run when configuring the package) if you consider > /bin/sh as being part of bash's core functionality.
IIRC, there was even an attempt to make bash use update-alternatives, which resulted in much chaos and breakage (probably similar to the more recent perl case). Basically, what it comes down to is: while I think most of us wish /bin/sh were managed by update-alternatives, as the poet says, "you can't get there from here." -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra- osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico- to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku
