Raphael Hertzog wrote:
For the second argument:
[ using bash ]
$ type printf
printf is a shell builtin
$ dash
$ type printf
printf is a shell builtin
There's no external executable needed.
but also "echo -n" is recognized by these tools.
I've interpreted the original bug report as a way to allow any
conform shell to be used.
OTOH it could be seen differently: as a way to educate user to
write conform scripts, and to simplify the reading of script
by non debian or non linux user.
[But I'm pretty sure that we will fail this last point:
IMHO it would port to lsb or other utilities similar to
debhelper, thus still requiring some insight into Linux
specific features]
ciao
cate
PS: Anyway, it would be simple to move printf to /bin/
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