On Mon, 20 Jul 2009, Mike Hommey wrote: > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:58:02AM +0200, Kurt Roeckx <k...@roeckx.be> wrote: > > Is there a reason why we're not using the alternatives system for > > this and let both bash and dash set that up, and then have dash's > > priority lower than bash?
Why lower if we want dash to be the default? > Because the alternatives system can leave dangling symlinks in various > cases. And guess what happens when /bin/sh is a dangling symlink. Well, it has gotten better in that regard but I would still not advise to use it for /bin/sh. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
