Re: Lintian error: depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version bash
On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 03:20:28AM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote:
> I can't find much in Debian policy about this, so I'd like to ask, what
> does this error mean, and why is it an error? Is it correct that I do not
Because bash is essential, in the sense that every Debian system
*will* have it installed, so you don't have to worry about people
having bash -- they do. It is the same as with build-depending on
packages that are build-essential.
> Lastly, is there a reliable way of confirming that I do not in fact have any
> bashisms, so that #!/bin/sh would be sufficient? sh is linked to bash, so
Get a more bare-bones shell, like 'ash', and try to run your code thru it.
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