Re: how to make Debian less fragile (long and philosophical)

[Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>]

On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Raul Miller wrote:

> > ln -s /bin/sh /wherever/sash
> > 
> > and the tools should work.
> > 
> > Can anyone think of a reason this would not be adequate?
> 
> sash is not a posix sh.

While I agree that this is true, I'm not sure what it has to do with
making the tools work. Is it missing features required by the installation
process, and dpkg?

I admit I have never tried to use sash as /bin/sh, so my ignorance is
unbounded. Can your releave me of some of it? (my ignorance that is)

Waiting is,

Dwarf
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