Re: Bug#161455: debian-policy: reference to ash outdated

2002-09-19 Thread Junichi Uekawa
On 19 Sep 2002 17:02:24 -0600 Georg Lehner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is my opinion, that all sh-scripts involved in the standard system > should be posix-sh compatible _and_ that the selection of the /bin/sh > symlink should be realized by the alternative-mecanism instead of > diverting. I

Re: Bug#161455: debian-policy: reference to ash outdated

2002-09-19 Thread Georg Lehner
Indeed! El jue, 19-09-2002 a las 10:28, Clint Adams escribió: > > /bin/sh is a symlink to /bin/bash. Shouldn't it be an alternative so I > > can make ash or any other compliant, but smaller shall the default (and > > thus save memory and CPU requirements)?! [...stripped explanation about what is

Bug#32263: Splitting CGI-BIN

2002-09-19 Thread Brian White
> > > What would y'all think about having cgi-bin managed more like, umm: > > > /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ > > > > > > ~wwwdata/cgi-bin/ > > > > > postinst, > > > based on some setting in /etc/ somewhere> > > This has how I've done my site,

Re: Bug#161455: debian-policy: reference to ash outdated

2002-09-19 Thread Clint Adams
> /bin/sh is a symlink to /bin/bash. Shouldn't it be an alternative so I > can make ash or any other compliant, but smaller shall the default (and > thus save memory and CPU requirements)?! The problem is that various people like to claim that policy is either irrelevant or that it means somethin

Re: Bug#161455: debian-policy: reference to ash outdated

2002-09-19 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 09:50:16AM -0600, Georg Lehner wrote: > BTW: > > /bin/sh is a symlink to /bin/bash. Shouldn't it be an alternative so I > can make ash or any other compliant, but smaller shall the default (and > thus save memory and CPU requirements)?! /usr/share/doc/bash/README.Debian.g

Re: Bug#161455: debian-policy: reference to ash outdated

2002-09-19 Thread Georg Lehner
BTW: El jue, 19-09-2002 a las 01:28, Clint Adams escribió: ... > You may wish to restrict your script to POSIX features when possible > so that it may use `/bin/sh' as its interpreter. If your script works > with `ash', it's probably POSIX compliant, but if you are in doubt, >

Bug#32263: Splitting CGI-BIN

2002-09-19 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 11:26:54AM -0400, Brian White wrote: > > What would y'all think about having cgi-bin managed more like, umm: > > /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ > > > > ~wwwdata/cgi-bin/ > > > postinst, > > based on some setting in /etc/

Bug#32263: Splitting CGI-BIN

2002-09-19 Thread Brian White
> > > Perhaps things have changed in the last 3 years, and they > > > shall understand that post the /usr/doc issue policy has become more > > > conservative? > > I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean here. > > He means the best way to get something in policy is for it to be > impl

Bug#32263: Splitting CGI-BIN

2002-09-19 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 10:12:29AM -0400, Brian White wrote: > > Perhaps things have changed in the last 3 years, and they > > shall understand that post the /usr/doc issue policy has become more > > conservative? > I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean here. He means the best way

Bug#32263: Splitting CGI-BIN

2002-09-19 Thread Brian White
> Brian> Once it becomes official policy, then I can get them to make the > Brian> necessary changes. And once the webservers begin to change over, > Brian> then I can get the packages to change. > > Perhaps things have changed in the last 3 years, and they > shall understand that pos

Re: Preanouncement: Mail-subsystem policy change proposal

2002-09-19 Thread Adrian von Bidder
On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 15:20, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > Perhaps MTA and MUA config should be seperate. It would surely be > less confusing. The MTA has nothing to do with 'draft', 'sent' etc. > That is a MUA issue. > > Maybe /etc/default/inbox for the MTA, and /etc/default/mailbox > for the

Re: Preanouncement: Mail-subsystem policy change proposal

2002-09-19 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 2. "defaultdelivery" is to generic. Delivery of what? >> >> How about /etc/default/mailbox > >># Format (Maildir, MH, mbox, mbx) >>INBOX_FORMAT=Maildir > >Ok. > >What is mbx? It's an indexed mbox, used by wu-imapd. Exim has su

Bug#161455: debian-policy: reference to ash outdated

2002-09-19 Thread Herbert Xu
Clint Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.5.7.0 > Severity: normal > > In 11.4: > > You may wish to restrict your script to POSIX features when possible > so that it may use `/bin/sh' as its interpreter. If your script works > with `ash', it's proba

Bug#161455: debian-policy: reference to ash outdated

2002-09-19 Thread Clint Adams
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.7.0 Severity: normal In 11.4: You may wish to restrict your script to POSIX features when possible so that it may use `/bin/sh' as its interpreter. If your script works with `ash', it's probably POSIX compliant, but if you are in doubt, use