On 06/21/12 21:29, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > I guess I'm confused about why you filed this bug report and not a > different one, especially given the subject line. Perhaps this is a > request to make bash the default shell by removing dash altogether? >
I _do_ have to deal with minimal systems. If dash would be sufficient to run such a system, then I would be fine. But it is not. Today some developers (in Debian or upstream) "still" work with bash, even though they create system shell scripts for Wheezy and beyond. Debian doesn't dare to drop the essential flag for bash, because it is in afraid of bashisms in existing code (if I got other postings/ bug reports correctly). If I could setup a bash-only system, then I would be fine, too. But dash is marked essential. It was consensus to make it the system shell for Squeeze (or was it Lenny?). My request is to make a choice which shell we _really_ need for running a Debian host, and to drop the essential flag for the other. Of course this choice implies balancing risk, performance, work needed, etc. About the removal path: AFAICS that is the job of update- alternatives. Regards Harri -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
