On Sun, 2008-02-10 at 10:57 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Dash has a serious bug which is causing grief. > > > > The problem is that it overrides the system's "test" command (in > > Debian, /usr/bin/test and /usr/bin/[) and does so in a way which is > > inconsistent with the Debian versions. > > Onlookers should see http://bugs.debian.org/267142 for the long history of > the previous discussions of this.
Thank you for adding that Russ; I looked and couldn't find it right away. I think we need to address this before we change /bin/sh as default. Merely papering it over is not suitable, because it means we must deal with a changing target; every new "Posix shell" that implements slightly different builtins will cause yet more problems. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]