setup scripts complain about /bin/sh being symlinked to dash instead of bash

[sneak]

The scripts already detect dash instead of bash. With this condition they could simply use /bin/bash instead of /bin/sh.

Suggesting that I reconfigure my /bin in the case of a site-specific configuration already detected by the package is rude.

[ilovetogetspamed]

"sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash" on Ubuntu is how I "fixed" it, but it should really be added to the setup scripts.

[SamB]

Yes, while the current state of affairs is certainly better than failing somewhere in the middle in a difficult-to-diagnose fashion, it would be better to make your scripts work with /bin/sh -> dash ...

[koenkooi]

@SamB it's not the scripts under angstrom control, it's the buildscripts of the stuff we build that still aren't dash safe. >99% is, but I still hit a few issues every now and then :(
Having said that, if the scripts that are under angstrom control are broken under dash we should fix that.