[Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#493406: ttf-dejavu: FTBFS with dash as /bin/sh

[Daniel Schepler <schepler@math.berkeley.edu>]

Package: ttf-dejavu
Version: 2.25-2
Severity: serious

From my pbuilder build log, using a chroot with /bin/sh -> dash:

...
scripts/ttpostproc.pl build/DejaVuSerifCondensed.ttf
rm -f build/DejaVuSerifCondensed.ttf~
touch -r tmp/DejaVuSerifCondensed.sfd build/DejaVuSerifCondensed.ttf
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/ttf-dejavu-2.25'
sh debian/scripts/generate-udeb.sh
generate-udeb.sh: stripping DejaVuSans.sfd
debian/scripts/generate-udeb.sh: 96: Bad substitution
make: *** [debian/stamp-common-build] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: failure: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2
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Daniel Schepler