Bug#988341: unblock: nis/4.3

["Francesco P. Lovergine" <frankie@debian.org>]

Package: release.debian.org
Severity: normal
User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
Usertags: unblock

Please unblock package nis

[ Reason ]

Fixes serious bug #988227 (bashism in postinst).

[ Impact ]

Upgrade not smoothly done from stable.

[ Tests ]

No autopkg test. Manually tested with dash.

[ Risks ]

None.

[ Checklist ]
   [x] all changes are documented in the d/changelog
   [x] I reviewed all changes and I approve them
   [x] attach debdiff against the package in testing

[ Other info ]

Native migration package only.

unblock nis/4.3

-- 
Francesco P. Lovergine

diff -Nru nis-4.2/debian/changelog nis-4.3/debian/changelog
--- nis-4.2/debian/changelog	2021-01-31 10:22:32.000000000 +0100
+++ nis-4.3/debian/changelog	2021-05-08 17:19:24.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+nis (4.3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fixed a sort-of bashism in postinst.
+    (closes: #988227)
+
+ -- Francesco Paolo Lovergine <frankie@debian.org>  Sat, 08 May 2021 17:19:24 +0200
+
 nis (4.2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Missed removing of /etc/init.d/nis at upgrade time added.
diff -Nru nis-4.2/debian/postinst nis-4.3/debian/postinst
--- nis-4.2/debian/postinst	2021-01-31 10:22:32.000000000 +0100
+++ nis-4.3/debian/postinst	2021-05-08 17:19:24.000000000 +0200
@@ -73,10 +73,13 @@
 case "$1" in
     configure)
         PREV_VER="$2"
-		if [ ! -z "$PREV_VER" -a $(dpkg --compare-versions "$PREV_VER" lt '4~'; echo $?) -eq 0 ]
-        then
-            upgrade_old
-        fi
+		if [ ! -z "$PREV_VER" ]
+		then
+			if dpkg --compare-versions "$PREV_VER" lt '4~'
+        	then
+            	upgrade_old
+        	fi
+		fi
 	  	rm -f /etc/init.d/nis
         ;;
     *)