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Bug#480605: marked as done (metamail: bashism in /bin/sh script)

Your message dated Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:34:51 +0100
with message-id <20091220213451.GK3781@szczaw.snafu.pl>
and subject line metamail has been removed from archive
has caused the Debian Bug report #480605,
regarding metamail: bashism in /bin/sh script
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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: metamail
Severity: minor
Version: 2.7-54
Usertags: bashisms

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/bin/extcompose line 31 (echo with backslash
> escapes): 
> echo -n "Please enter a number from 1 to 5: \c" 

Not using bash (or a Debian Policy conformant shell interpreter which does 
provide such an extra feature) as /bin/sh is likely to lead to errors or 
unexpected behaviours.

For more information please refer to the Debian Policy section 10.4 supporting 
this argument at:
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s-scripts

Hints about how to fix bashisms:
Sometimes these bugs are already fixed in Ubuntu, look at the PTS.
If not already fixed you can read:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh

[1]http://release.debian.org/lenny/goals.txt

Thank you,
-- 
Atomo64 - Raphael

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--- Begin Message --- 
Version: 2.7-54+rm
Package: metamail

The metamail package has been recently removed[1] from unstable, and I am
closing all leftover bugs.

Regards
	Artur

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/274451
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