Jonathan Nieder wrote:

> Example benefit that can be experienced today:
>
>       dpkg-reconfigure dash; # set "dash as /bin/sh" to false
>       ln -sf my-custom-shell /bin/sh
>       dpkg -i dash.deb
>
> will the leave /bin/sh symlink alone.

Now, that example was just silly.  The package already supported
that.

The real benefits of the change will only come once the postinst logic
is changed.  The reason I propose it for upload to experimental is to
check for bugs (though I have been using these changes for a while
without trouble).

Sorry for the lack of clarity.
Jonathan



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