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account42 on July 10, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Entering text in the terminal is complicated

> They very much should, as people who start with bash will have much to unlearn.

Dash on Debian is intended as a light POSIX sh to execute shell scripts. It isn't meant to be your login shell or for interactive use. It makes sense to keep the dependencies light in that context.

chasil on July 11, 2024 [–]

Bash can do a lot of damage to somebody who ends up needing to write POSIX shell scripts for dash.

I very much disagree that dash should be prepared without something that POSIX specifically mentions. This is bad from several perspectives.

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