Re: Proposed new POSIX sh policy

2006-11-15 Thread Matthias . Beier . Gronau
> > 1. /bin/sh can be a symbolic link to any shell. > > This can't be right. For example, it obviously can't be a link > to /bin/csh. > Ok. In accordance with this proposal, this means: /bin/csh will not be in the list of standard /bin/shells. And if a call to the interface of the standardshell

Re: Proposed new POSIX sh policy

2006-11-15 Thread Matthias . Beier . Gronau
Hi, my starting point is: 1. /bin/sh can be a symbolic link to any shell. 2. The reasons to alter the symbolic link are legitimate. The rationale is: we do not want to cut off legitimate needs (even if we might not know them). The user consequently must have the freedom, to have /bin/sh as a sy