Bug#523399: [Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#523399: cups: /etc/init.d/cups - use POSIX command substitution $()

To: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>, 523399@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#523399: [Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#523399: cups: /etc/init.d/cups - use POSIX command substitution $()
From: Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 15:49:21 -0700
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Hello Jari,

Jari Aalto [2009-04-10  1:31 +0300]:
> The following patch adjusts /etc/init.d/apache2 to use POSIX $()
> command substitution[1].

Backtick style command substitution is also well-defined as far as I
can see. What's the rationale for the change?

For normal scripts I wouldn't care so much, but I would like to have a
convincing reason for changing a conffile.

Thanks,

Martin

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