* Eric Weigel said: > > >From Debian Policy Manual, version 3.0.1.1, 1999-08-16: > > 4.4 Scripts > > ... > > The standard shell interpreter `/bin/sh' may be a symbolic link to any > POSIX compatible shell. Thus, shell scripts specifying `/bin/sh' as > interpreter may only use POSIX features. If a script requires > non-POSIX features from the shell interpreter, the appropriate shell > has to be specified in the first line of the script (e.g., > `#!/bin/bash') and the package has to depend on the package providing > the shell (unless the shell package is marked `Essential', e.g., in > the case of bash). So it's *evident* that the scripts CAN use -n, because it *is* a POSIX featrure, albeit an optional one. [snip] p.s. Eric, please don't quote such long messages in their entirety. marek
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