On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 04:18:21PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > A maintainer script with a #!/bin/sh line should only use posix > syntax. If one needs more features (e.g. test -L), one can instead use > #!/bin/bash.
test -L is POSIX afaict. > However, this seems unnecessarily restricted to me. dash also knows > the non-POSIX extensions to the test builtin. So if /bin/sh pointed to > dash, my script would still run. [...] This issue has not yet been decided upon, but curently we do not take it very strict, the current rule of the thumb is: /bin/sh Script runs with | bash dash posh | bug-severity -------------------------+------------ yes yes yes | none yes yes no | minor yes no no | serious I guess we'll end up requiring posix + selected features for /bin/sh (echo -n, command -v, ...) cu andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]