On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 11:09:26PM +0200, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 10:23:56PM +0200, Ralf Treinen wrote: > > we currently have in sid 84 maintainer scripts not using strict mode. > > That is, they neither start on "#!/bin/[ba]sh -e", nor do a "set -e". > > The list is attached. This list includes the 12 remaining scripts not > > starting on #! (bugs are already filed for these). > > sigh. > And using `#!/bin(ba)?sh -e` is not good either (there is a lintian tag > about it, iirc).
what is the rationale for this? Is anyone calling maintainer scripts like "sh <script>" ? -Ralf.