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According to Thomas Wolff on 1/14/2010 7:15 AM:
> Another note: Given the point above, I wonder why "bash" is listed in
> the dependencies for xterm; xterm can be invoked with any other shell as
> well ;-)

bash _must_ be listed for anyone with a postinstall script, to guarantee
that /bin/sh exists to run the postinstall script.

--=20
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             ebb9@byu.net


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