On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 04:44:56PM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > dash is /bin/sh by default. It currently has three rc bugs. > * #546528: dash's preinst shouldn't rely on /bin/sh > This bug has a patch which is almost one year old. I pinged Gerrtit > about half a year ago without any response. When Marek Kubica tried > to NMU this patch further problems turned out. Raphael Geissert has > worked on these problems, but no final solution is in place yet.
I didn't respond because I thought I already commented on the bug, but it was a different one http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546504#32 Back then the preinst was still subject to change, and developing it as shell script is easier. I guess it still is, and making it a C program can wait until major changes to the script are settled. But all this will be done as NMUs anyway, so do as you prefer. Regards, Gerrit. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
