Clint Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.5.7.0 > Severity: normal > > In 11.4: > > You may wish to restrict your script to POSIX features when possible > so that it may use `/bin/sh' as its interpreter. If your script works > with `ash', it's probably POSIX compliant, but if you are in doubt, > use `/bin/bash'. > > Debian's ash seems to be renamed to dash now. I suggest changing the > clause to "with `posh' or `dash'", since posh is less forgiving of POSIX > incompatibilities.
It seems that posh has removed all XSI extensions. The current policy document does not explicitly state that. I do not think that there is a concensus about whether XSI extensions should be disallowed. So I object against including posh until this is clarified. -- Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 is out! ( http://www.debian.org/ ) Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt
