Bug#490604: debian-policy: please don't state that scripts working under dash are 'probably' policy-compliant
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
> Russ Allbery wrote:
>> I think checkbashisms and posh are an improvement over just suggesting
>> bash (and checkbashisms, in particular, is much easier to use), so my
>> inclination is to stick with the new wording and leave the further details
>> for other tools.
> I assume by 'bash' you mean 'dash' above.
Yes, sorry.
> I would prefer a less specific note:
> Checking your script with checkbashisms from the devscripts
> package or running your script with an alternate shell such as
> posh may help uncover violations of the above requirements.
Okay, that seems fine to me. I'll make that change.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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