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FS#38766 - [dash] Why doesn't this package provide sh?

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by ... (spider007) - Sunday, 02 February 2014, 12:58 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Sunday, 02 February 2014, 13:14 GMT
Task Type General Gripe
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

As dash provides a posix compliant shell, why doesn't the package provide sh?
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Closed by  Allan McRae (Allan)
Sunday, 02 February 2014, 13:14 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) - Sunday, 02 February 2014, 13:14 GMT
pacman does not have an alternatives system. As pacman depends on bash, which provides sh, there is no option of dash to do so.

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