On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 05:33:42PM +0200, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: > is it ok when acripts start with #!/bin/bash even if they shouldn't ? [...] > echo -ne "blahblah\n" > to > echo "blahblah" > > (wtf do we need the first?)
It took me a second to see your point here; echo -ne "\n" is pretty silly. > shouldn't maintainers use scripts that don't require bash? Even though I like and use bash, I agree with you that install scripts should work with any bourne-compatible shell. Perhaps you could inform the developers by filing bugs against these packages. Rob -- Q: What's tan and black and looks great on a lawyer? A: A doberman.