On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Matus "fantomas" Uhlar wrote:
> -> or just install ash and symlink sh -> ash
>
> that's what I did and I wonder why doesn't ash installation script do this
> ;)
me to (just never got around to reading up on
/usr/sbin/update-alternatives)
> -> It makes a big difference on a slow machine, especially when
> -> installing packages ({pre,post}{inst,rm} scripts are always sh).
>
> well, maybe not always. Maybe we should ask developers to use sh and not to
> use bashisms while possible
I thought it was Policy that pkg maint scripts were to use /bin/sh,
and not /bin/bash, so it would be a normal bug if one used bashisms.
The reason being that the installation system only has ash available.
- Bruce
