Simon Richter wrote: > one of my sponsees' packages (gv) doesn't build, as it uses a command of > the form > > cp debian/{preinst,postinst,prerm,postrm} ... > > This works fine with sh -> bash, but doesn't for sh -> ash. > > Which one is correct? > > - {} is a bashism. lintian should detect this, and my sponsee should fix > his package. > > or > > - {} is POSIX. ash should be fixed. It's a bashism, but it would be difficult for lintian to check.