On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 01:24:50PM +0200, Chris Niekel wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 10:43:34AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > That isn't mandated by POSIX, though, and there are shells in Debian > > that don't do that. I agree with Andreas: use printf instead. > > A sponsor already uploaded the package, but a next version will use > printf. Since printf is part of coreutils, and coreutils is essential, > I don't even need an extra dependency, right?
No, you don't. It's a builtin in some shells, too. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
