Bug#374185: mkvmlinuz: syntax errors in script

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 09:50:53AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> reopen 374185
> thanks
> 
> On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 08:15:29PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> > --- mkvmlinuz.orig	2006-06-17 20:03:05.000000000 +0200
> > +++ /usr/sbin/mkvmlinuz	2006-06-17 20:13:40.000000000 +0200
> > @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
> >  esac
> >  
> >  # use non-option arguments as release version and kernel image file if needed
> > -shift $((OPTIND-1))
> > +shift $(( $OPTIND - 1 ))
> >  if test -z "$release" -a -n "$1"; then
> >      release=$1
> >  fi
> 
> This part of the report is still valid no matter whether you're using
> dash or bash. In bash, I get:
> 
>   /usr/sbin/mkvmlinuz: 61: arith: syntax error: "OPTIND-1"
> 
> Please apply this part of Wouter's patch.

If you explain to me why i never saw this problem myself though.

That said, it is indeed logical to add spaces, and if so i don't understand
why it didn't work previously.

Friendly,

Sven Luther