tags 464999 + confirmed upstream patch forwarded 464999 http://bugs.kde.org/160368 stop
Here is a patch, also submitted upstream. The issue exists in all KDE versions in the recent past and future.
diff -Nru --exclude .svn /tmp/N672PlWfpN/kdesdk-3.5.9/scripts/adddebug /tmp/yr5pFI1Stg/kdesdk-3.5.9/scripts/adddebug --- kdesdk-3.5.9/scripts/adddebug 2005-09-10 10:21:02.000000000 +0200 +++ kdesdk-3.5.9/scripts/adddebug 2008-04-04 16:36:01.000000000 +0200 @@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ -k) keep=1;; -r) mxdp=;; -n) ndebug=1;; - *) echo -e "Usage: adddebug [-k] [-r] [-n]\n -k: keep optimizations (removed by default)\n -r: recursive (process all subdirectories)\n -n: compile without NDEBUG and NO_DEBUG being defined (makes kdDebug calls work)"; exit 1;; + *) echo "\ +Usage: adddebug [-k] [-r] [-n] + -k: keep optimizations (removed by default) + -r: recursive (process all subdirectories) + -n: compile without NDEBUG and NO_DEBUG being defined (makes kdDebug calls work)" + exit 1;; esac done diff -Nru --exclude .svn /tmp/N672PlWfpN/kdesdk-3.5.9/scripts/create_svnignore /tmp/yr5pFI1Stg/kdesdk-3.5.9/scripts/create_svnignore --- kdesdk-3.5.9/scripts/create_svnignore 2006-05-22 20:08:05.000000000 +0200 +++ kdesdk-3.5.9/scripts/create_svnignore 2008-04-04 16:36:01.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -#!/bin/sh +#! /usr/bin/env bash # This script makes a preliminary svn:ignore in the current dir by # adding some standard stuff according to Makefile.am. # License: GPL diff -Nru --exclude .svn /tmp/N672PlWfpN/kdesdk-3.5.9/scripts/svnaddcurrentdir /tmp/yr5pFI1Stg/kdesdk-3.5.9/scripts/svnaddcurrentdir --- kdesdk-3.5.9/scripts/svnaddcurrentdir 2005-09-10 10:21:02.000000000 +0200 +++ kdesdk-3.5.9/scripts/svnaddcurrentdir 2008-04-04 16:36:01.000000000 +0200 @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ echo read -p "Add file $file to SVN ? (y/n) " answer rest #if [ "$answer" != "y" ]; then echo $file; fi -if [ "$answer" == "y" ]; then svn add $file; fi +if [ "$answer" = "y" ]; then svn add $file; fi }