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Re: [PATCH] latest ash has broken 'echo' command



* Eric Weigel said:
> 
> >From Debian Policy Manual, version 3.0.1.1, 1999-08-16:
> 
> 4.4 Scripts
> 
>  ...
> 
>  The standard shell interpreter `/bin/sh' may be a symbolic link to any
>  POSIX compatible shell. Thus, shell scripts specifying `/bin/sh' as
>  interpreter may only use POSIX features. If a script requires
>  non-POSIX features from the shell interpreter, the appropriate shell
>  has to be specified in the first line of the script (e.g.,
>  `#!/bin/bash') and the package has to depend on the package providing
>  the shell (unless the shell package is marked `Essential', e.g., in
>  the case of bash).
So it's *evident* that the scripts CAN use -n, because it *is* a POSIX
featrure, albeit an optional one.

[snip]

p.s. Eric, please don't quote such long messages in their entirety.

marek

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