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Bug#1051371: debian-policy: stop referring to legacy filesystem paths for script interpreters



>>>>> "Luca" == Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> writes:
    Luca> /bin/sh is not universally compatible with non-Linux OSes.

I claim it is more compatible.


    Luca> Also I thought that policy should not be used to beat other
    Luca> developers (it is because of this) and it should reflect the
    Luca> common practices adopted in Debian (it does not because of
    Luca> this). Is that no longer the case?

I'd consider it a non-RC bug if someone were manually writing
#!/usr/bin/sh

We can debate about normal vs minor.

I do not think it should be a bug if some automated build process found
/usr/bin/sh and stuck that into a script.
I'd support a policy change to make that clear.


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