Bug#208514: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#208514: add-shell should not depend on passwd

Christian Perrier Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>, 208514@bugs.debian.org
Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:04:29 +0200


Quoting Alexander Gattin (arg@online.com.ua):
> Hi!
>=20
> I think that we can make remove-shell/add-shell scripts to=20
> have #!/bin/sh -e header instead of current #!/bin/bash -e
>=20
> I ran checkbashisms and checked the scripts with ash -e,=20
> zsh -e and ksh -e (the one from pdksh, WRT ksh93 the=20
> scripts have problems, though).
>=20
> I may also check it with other shells, but I think, having=20
> also had a look into the code, that the change proposed=20
> may be applied quite safely.
>=20
> Having no objections in a week, I'll just commit the=20
> changes onto sid CVS.
>=20
> P.S. This fix is intended for systems without bash and is=20
> related to bug #269573.
> It's also related to the decision we are planning to make,=20
> i.e. moving remove-shell/add-shell out of shadow or not.


So, the fix is not intended to fix 208514, right=A0?

It is intended to fix #269573, right again?