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Bug#478628: marked as done (svgalib: debian/rules uses SHELL=bash)

Your message dated Tue, 08 Oct 2013 10:40:15 +0000
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and subject line Bug#666490: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #477618,
regarding svgalib: debian/rules uses SHELL=bash
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--- Begin Message --- 
Source: svgalib
Severity: important
User: debian-release@lists.debian.org
Usertags: goal-dash

Hello maintainer,

While checking for bashisms in debian/rules with checkbashisms (from 
the 'devscripts' package) I've found your package making use of a bashism.

checkbashisms' output:
> possible bashism in svgalib/debian/rules line 53 (brace expansion):
>                 install{headers,{shared,static}lib,config,utils}
> possible bashism in svgalib/debian/rules line 65 (brace expansion):
>                 Makefile.cfg doc/man3/gl_*tri*.3
> doc/man6/{plane,wrapdemo}.6 \ 
> possible bashism in svgalib/debian/rules line 97 (brace expansion): 
> for f in debian/$(bin)/usr/bin/{dumpreg,restore*}; do \

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.
Please be aware that although bash is currently the default /bin/sh there's a 
release goal for Lenny to make dash the default /bin/sh[1].

If you want more information about dash as /bin/sh, you can read:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2008/01/msg00189.html

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,
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Dear submitter,

as the package svgalib has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports.  We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.

For details on the removal, please see http://bugs.debian.org/666490

The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/.

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