Re: /bin/sh == bash?

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Subject: Re: /bin/sh == bash?
From: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@downhill.at.eu.org>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 20:36:33 +0200
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On 2004-08-06 Roland Stigge <stigge@antcom.de> wrote:
> I recently encountered some packages (e.g.
> fhist: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=263997
> userv: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=263979
> ) that FTBFS when /bin/sh is not bash, but instead a more POSIX like
> shell, e.g. dash. See also Policy, 10.4. Scripts.

> What is the correct severity for this kind of bug?

Imho serious, we use that severity both for FTBFS and for /bin/sh
scripts using bash-extensions in the finished package.
               cu andreas

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