clone 519973 -1 reassign -1 libssl0.9.8 thanks On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 06:35:38PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > > However, just to be safe, I'm cc:ing the author of the script that this > > > was > > > originally based on. Christoph, do you recall why the libssl0.9.8 > > > postinst > > > script uses /bin/bash instead of /bin/sh? If there's no reason for it, > > > then > > > I guess both of these packages should switch to using /bin/sh.
> > No. I don't remember, why /bin/bash was used. Kurt, do you? > > > My best guess as to the reason would be the use of IFS or local; but from > > > what I can tell, IFS is specified in POSIX, and the use of local is > > > permitted by Debian policy despite not being POSIX. > At some point in time, a script complained that local was > a bashism. The changelog has this about it: > * libssl0.9.8.postinst makes uses of bashisms (local variables) > so use #!/bin/bash Ok, then we should be able to drop the use of /bin/bash for both scripts since policy now guarantees basic 'local' functionality from /bin/sh. Sending you a clone :) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [email protected] [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
