Bug#690626: ax25-tools: bashism in /bin/sh script

[Thomas Osterried <thomas@x-berg.in-berlin.de>]

On 2012-10-15 21:51:15 -0500, Raphael Geissert <atomo64@gmail.com>
wrote in <[🔎] 201210152151.16178.atomo64@gmail.com>:
> Package: ax25-tools
> Version: 0.0.10-rc2+cvs20120204-3
> Severity: important
> User: debian-release@lists.debian.org
> Usertags: goal-dash
> 
> Hello maintainer,
> 
> While performing an archive wide checkbashisms (from the 'devscripts' 
> package) check I've found your package containing a /bin/sh script making 
> use of a bashism.
> 
> checkbashisms' output:
> >possible bashism in ./usr/sbin/rsusers line 9 (echo -e):
> >echo -en "Linux/ROSE 001. AX.25, NET/ROM and ROSE Users.\r"
> >possible bashism in ./usr/sbin/rsusers line 46 (echo -e):
> >        echo -en "\r"
> >possible bashism in ./usr/sbin/rsusers line 84 (echo -e):
> >        echo -en "\r"
> >possible bashism in ./usr/sbin/rsusers line 122 (echo -e):
> >        echo -en "\r"

I'll change this to
  printf  "Linux/ROSE 001. AX.25, NET/ROM and ROSE Users.\r"

> >possible bashism in ./usr/sbin/rsusers line 125 (read without variable):
> >read

Can't say why the original auther liked to read a line for discarding
after the program has run.

vy 73,
	- Thomas  dl9sau

> Not using bash (or a Debian Policy conformant shell interpreter which 
> doesn't provide such an extra feature) as /bin/sh is likely to lead to 
> errors or unexpected behaviours.
> 
> You can find hints about how to fix bashisms at:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh
> 
> Thank you,
> Raphael Geissert
> 
> 
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