> As far as I can tell there are two possibilities here: > > (a) "it" is pdksh or posh, and it already works at least as well > as ash on the various #!/bin/sh scripts in Debian, or
It is pdksh. > (b) "it" is pdksh or posh or similar, and it doesn't yet work as > well as ash on the various #!/bin/sh scripts in Debian, due to > various POSIX extensions that we use and it doesn't support It is posh. > Well, no, it really isn't. If some shell already works better with than > some other supported shell in practice, then it's supported de facto -- > continuing to support it doesn't require signficant changes to current > practice, by definition. As such, it doesn't make sense to use that as > an argument about why we should change current practice. So now the arbitrary criterion is "breaks on less scripts than ash"? gnumail won't run if /bin/sh is ash. The gnumail maintainer should a) make the script POSIX-compliant b) make the script a #!/bin/bash script c) do neither and complain ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
