Bug#447071: patches

[dann frazier <dannf@debian.org>]

On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 03:52:08PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > OK. Just for my benefit, what's the difference? I assume the 'echo -n'
> > above my change should get changed as well?
> 
> printf is POSIX, echo -n is faux-POSIX. :)  (echo -n is explicitly listed in
> Debian policy as an additional non-POSIX feature required from /bin/sh in
> the installed system; that's not really a constraint for d-i, aside from
> existing code that assumes its availability.)

Thanks for the explanation. Both instances fixed in r49831.

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dann frazier