| Description | fake dash using mksh
This package installs enough to replace the “dash” package
from a Debian system, implementing a fake “dash” command by
using mksh’s “lksh” executable, which is also normally used
as /bin/sh on decent systems.
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Before installing this package, you may have to run “sudo
dpkg-reconfigure -plow dash” and say “no” to using dash as
/bin/sh because otherwise, the dash package fails to remove.
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This package Provides, Conflicts, and Replaces dash, which
will be removed, with a warning. It does not, however, take
up the /bin/sh diversion, which means that the system shell
will end up being GNU bash by default. After installation,
running /usr/share/dash-mksh/make-system-shell is strongly
recommended. Before uninstalling this package, you will need
to revert the diversions created by that script then remove
the /etc/apt/preferences.d/dash-mksh.pref file manually. |