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With these shells as sh, results from the current posh testsuite:

<table> <thead><td>Shell</td><td>Failed</td><td>Passed</td></thead> <tr><td>bash</td><td>25 (22 unexpected)</td><td>140 (1 unexpected)</td></tr> <tr><td>dash</td><td>47 (45 unexpected)</td><td>118 (2 unexpected)</td></tr> <tr><td>ksh</td><td>36 (32 unexpected)</td><td>129</td></tr> <tr><td>pdksh</td><td>16 (12 unexpected)</td><td>149</td></tr> <tr><td>posh</td><td>4 (as expected)</td><td>161</td></tr> </table>

This may reflect more on the unsuitability of the posh testsuite for other shells than the failure of those shells to conform to the expectations set by Debian policy. Patches welcome.

Posted on 2006-11-17
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