Re: Why does Debian not include POSIX-specified commands like bc and ed by default?

From	David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Why does Debian not include POSIX-specified commands like bc and ed by default?
Date	2020-09-17 03:10 +0200
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On Sat 12 Sep 2020 at 07:41:19 (-0500), Nate Bargmann wrote:
> * On 2020 12 Sep 02:06 -0500, Lone Learner wrote:
> > POSIX.1-2001 Utilities[1] and POSIX.1-2008 Utilities[2] both list the
> > commands "bc" and "ed" to be part of POSIX.
> > 
> > Yet, in a brand new Debian installation (version 10 for example),
> > these commands are missing by default:
> > 
> > […]
> > 
> > Why does Debian not include these commands by default?
> 
> It's likely because the focus of the Debian Project is not that of
> shipping a strict POSIX compliant system out of the box.
> 
> > Of course, I can install them with "apt-get" and I did that.
> > 
> > apt-get install bc ed
> 
> I believe that 'apt' is preferred over "apt-get" these days.  Simple
> "apt" works well for me.

Some might prefer it for interactive use, but apt-get has a more
stable command line interface, so is better for scripting when,
say, installing all one's preferred packages on a new system.

Cheers,
David.

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Why does Debian not include POSIX-specified commands like bc and ed  by default? Lone Learner <learnerlone@gmail.com> - 2020-09-12 09:10 +0200
  Re: Why does Debian not include POSIX-specified commands like bc  and ed by default? Fabrice Bauzac <noon@mykolab.com> - 2020-09-12 10:00 +0200
  Re: Why does Debian not include POSIX-specified commands like bc and  ed by default? Alex Mestiashvili <amestia@rsh2.donotuse.de> - 2020-09-12 10:20 +0200
  Re: Why does Debian not include POSIX-specified commands like bc and  ed by default? Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2020-09-12 15:00 +0200
    Re: Why does Debian not include POSIX-specified commands like bc and  ed by default? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-09-17 03:10 +0200

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