Bug#420374: /usr/bin/lxterm: Bashisms
Package: xterm
Version: 225-1
Severity: normal
File: /usr/bin/lxterm
/usr/bin/lxterm is marked as a Bourne shell script by it's she-bang
line although it makes use of the bash-style command substitution $() instead
of backquotes.
Additionally, ${parameter##word} syntax is used. This seems to be
supported by dash (according to sh(1)), though vim's syntax
highlighting still complains as long as the she-bang path does not point
to bash. Not sure whether ${par##word} is a standard sh feature.
Interestingly, dash does not seem to have any problems executing lxterx.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17+jazzu20061116
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libfontconfig1 2.4.2-1.2 generic font configuration library
ii libice6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libncurses5 5.5-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libsm6 1:1.0.1-3 X11 Session Management library
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library
ii libxaw7 1:1.0.2-4 X11 Athena Widget library
ii libxext6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxft2 2.1.8.2-8 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxmu6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii libxt6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii xbitmaps 1.0.1-2 Base X bitmaps
Versions of packages xterm recommends:
ii xutils 1:7.1.ds.3-1 X Window System utility programs
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