Bug#510358: Need more info

2009-01-02 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 16:03, Clint Adams wrote: > Brian, are you using zsh as /bin/sh already, with a manual symlink change? > If so, have you run into any problems? I did run such a setup for some months a year or two ago. Long story short, you need to fix lots of stuff that breaks, especiall

Bug#510358: Need more info

2009-01-02 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 16:29, brian m. carlson wrote: > I just performed the symlink change and I'll let you know what does and > doesn't work. I'll certainly file wishlist bugs if I encounter any > problems. If you run into problems, try it with dash, as well. If if works then, file against Z

Bug#510358: Need more info

2009-01-02 Thread Clint Adams
On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 03:29:21PM +, brian m. carlson wrote: > That's why I filed it as a wishlist bug. If there are known > incompatibilities, you might want to block this bug with the appropriate > bug numbers. Anything I can remember has since been fixed, except for "jobs -p", which may n

Bug#510358: Need more info

2009-01-02 Thread brian m. carlson
On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 03:03:29PM +, Clint Adams wrote: On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 11:00:43PM +0100, Richard Hartmann wrote: Clint, what is your take on this? Do we want to ask this question with a low priority? I don't know how I feel about touching something as important as this manually.

Bug#510358: Need more info

2009-01-02 Thread Clint Adams
On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 11:00:43PM +0100, Richard Hartmann wrote: > Clint, what is your take on this? Do we want to ask this question with > a low priority? I don't know how I feel about touching something as > important as this manually. In the past, there was at least one incompatibility (that c

Bug#510358: Need more info

2009-01-01 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 22:56, brian m. carlson wrote: > On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 10:49:35PM +0100, Richard Hartmann wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 22:41, brian m. carlson >> wrote: >> >>> I want the zsh package to ask me if it should divert /bin/sh, like the >>> other shells do. In other wor

Bug#510358: Need more info

2009-01-01 Thread brian m. carlson
On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 10:25:12PM +0100, Richard Hartmann wrote: On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 22:00, brian m. carlson wrote: There isn't a list per se; I was using that term metaphorically. dash, posh, ksh, mksh, and pdksh all have support for diverting /bin/sh to their respective shells. I'd lik

Bug#510358: Need more info

2009-01-01 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 22:41, brian m. carlson wrote: > I want the zsh package to ask me if it should divert /bin/sh, like the > other shells do. In other words, I want zsh to be supported as > /bin/sh; if there is a bug with /bin/sh compatibility, that that bug > will be taken seriously. Durin

Bug#510358: Need more info

2009-01-01 Thread brian m. carlson
On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 10:49:35PM +0100, Richard Hartmann wrote: On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 22:41, brian m. carlson wrote: I want the zsh package to ask me if it should divert /bin/sh, like the other shells do. In other words, I want zsh to be supported as /bin/sh; if there is a bug with /bin/sh

Bug#510358: Need more info

2009-01-01 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 22:00, brian m. carlson wrote: > There isn't a list per se; I was using that term metaphorically. dash, > posh, ksh, mksh, and pdksh all have support for diverting /bin/sh to > their respective shells. I'd like zsh to add that support. What kind of support are you lookin

Bug#510358: Need more info

2009-01-01 Thread brian m. carlson
On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 09:44:34PM +0100, Richard Hartmann wrote: Hi Brian, I am not sure to what list you are referring to as /bin/sh is not using the normal /etc/alternatives system -- Can you provide more info, please? There isn't a list per se; I was using that term metaphorically. dash,

Bug#510358: Need more info

2009-01-01 Thread Richard Hartmann
Hi Brian, I am not sure to what list you are referring to as /bin/sh is not using the normal /etc/alternatives system -- Can you provide more info, please? Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas.