Christian Schwarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > However, managing /bin/sh through alternatives sounds like a good
> > idea to me.
Ian wrote:
>Be careful; I'm not sure whether update-alternatives guarantees always
>to have one link present. This needs to be looked at _very_
>carefully. We must
Guy Maor:
Christian Schwarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > However, managing /bin/sh through alternatives sounds like a good
> > idea to
> > me.
>
> Yes. I already have a bug report to do this. Waiting until just
> after hamm is released is probably safest.
Be careful; I'm not sure whether upd
Christian Schwarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> As long as bash is tagged `Essential: Yes', I don't think we need special
> dependencies for posix-shell.
Yes.
> However, managing /bin/sh through alternatives sounds like a good idea to
> me.
Yes. I already have a bug report to do this. Waiting
> With the policy on POSIX shells coming up, would a virtual package `sh',
> or `posix-shell', be appropriate? I think bash and ash could provide it,
> and possibly others, too (ksh? zsh?). I also think the link /bin/sh could
> be perfectly managed by the `alternatives' system, with the `smallest'
On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Remco Blaakmeer wrote:
[snip]
> With the policy on POSIX shells coming up, would a virtual package `sh',
> or `posix-shell', be appropriate? I think bash and ash could provide it,
> and possibly others, too (ksh? zsh?). I also think the link /bin/sh
> could be perfectly manage
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Christian Schwarz wrote:
>
> [This mail is part of Debian Policy Weekly issue #5]
>
> Topic 13: New virtual packages
>
> STATE: APPROVAL
>
> The following virtual packages have been requested: `pascal-compiler' and
> `libc-dev'.
>
> Some packages like noweb need to depend
[This mail is part of Debian Policy Weekly issue #5]
Topic 13: New virtual packages
STATE: APPROVAL
The following virtual packages have been requested: `pascal-compiler' and
`libc-dev'.
Some packages like noweb need to depend/suggest a pascal-compiler and we
have at least two pascal compilers
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