Re: Having problems with my (newly created) debian package

[Sven Burgener <svenb@bluewin.ch>]

Comments below...

On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 11:08:01PM +1100, Jeremy Higgs wrote:
[snip]
> root@debian:~/rcf-5.0.1# dpkg -i rcf_5.0.1-1_i386.deb
> (Reading database ... 47289 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace rcf 5.0.1-1 (using rcf_5.0.1-1_i386.deb) ...
> /etc/init.d/firewall: [: =: unary operator expected
> Unpacking replacement rcf ...
> Setting up rcf (5.0.1-1) ...
> Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/firewall ...
> /etc/init.d/firewall: [: =: unary operator expected

> #!/bin/sh
[snip]
> 		if [ $RETVAL eq 0 ]
                     ^^
					 -eq

> 		[ $RETVAL eq 0 ] \
                  ^^
				  -eq

$ man bash
/-eq

leads you to the appropriate section in the manual page. :)

$ test=2
$ if [ $test -eq 2 ];then echo "two"; else echo "not two";fi
two
$

but

$ if [ $test eq 2 ];then echo "two"; else echo "not two";fi
[: eq: binary operator expected
not two
$

> Can anyone see any problems with the /etc/init.d/firewall file? It 
> works (I presume) on RedHat and other systems, since I have installed 
> it on my RedHat gateway and it works fine!

?

HTH
Sven