Debian Bug report logs - #772307
mcabber: bashism in /bin/sh script

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From: Raphael Geissert <[email protected]>

To: [email protected]

Subject: mcabber: bashism in /bin/sh script

Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 14:14:51 +0100

Package: mcabber
Severity: minor
Version: 0.10.2-1
User: [email protected]
Usertags: goal-dash

Hi,

I've ran checkbashisms (from the 'devscripts' package) over the whole
archive and I found that your package has a /bin/sh script that uses a
"bashism".

checkbashisms' output:
> possible bashism in
> ./usr/share/doc/mcabber/examples/contrib/events/eventcmd.pastebin line 37
> (should be 'b = a'):
> [ "$jid" == "$me" ] && exit 0


Not using bash (or a Debian Policy compliant shell interpreter that doesn't
provide such an extra feature) as /bin/sh is likely to lead to errors or
unexpected behaviours. Please be aware that dash is the default /bin/sh.

Please closely examine the above output and the script, and determine
what the proper severity of the bug is, and adjust it accordingly. If
it's important or greater please hurry to get this fixed for jessie.

Hints about how to fix bashisms can be found at:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh

Thanks in advance,
Raphael Geissert

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