[2019-09-03 17:36] Matthias Klose <d...@debian.org> > On 02.09.19 21:14, Dmitry Bogatov wrote: > > Subject: [PATCH] Change shells of users from /bin/bash to /bin/sh on removal > > sorry for joining in lately into this game, but I didn't want to do that in > parallel with my other Debian tasks.
> I don't like the idea of automatic shell rewriting, and will revert it > with the next regular upload. No need. I cancelled NMU due other issues. > For user accounts it potentially creates broken init files, because > the user's init files might use bashisms. Then you are lucky. System administrator could have uninstalled your shell. > The same might be true for system accounts, although you can > manually check if these accounts use bashisms. Nobody is hurt by > having bash installed, you can avoid that for new installations, You can't. It is essential. Making it possible to strip essential flag from bash is goal of whole game. > so this change doesn't seem to have any benefit which out weights the > regression potential. There also isn't any precedence for other > shells doing that. None other shells are essential, and none of them are used by default for root user. -- Note, that I send and fetch email in batch, once in a few days. Please, mention in body of your reply when you add or remove recepients.
