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and subject line Re: Bug#482537: dash refuse '-r' "restricted" option which is
widely used by configuration scripts
has caused the Debian Bug report #482537,
regarding dash refuse '-r' "restricted" option which is widely used by
configuration scripts
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Package: dash
Version: 0.5.4-9
Severity: important
Hi,
When sh is diverted to dash, package configuration often fails almost
without a sight because 'sh -r' commands fail.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/scripts$ cat iww
echo "It won't work"
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/scripts$ sh -r iww # sh is diverted to bash
It won't work
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/scripts$ dash -r iww
dash: Illegal option -r
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers proposed-updates
APT policy: (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'),
(500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages dash depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
dash recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
* dash/sh: false
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On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 02:58:04PM +0200, Yves Lambert wrote:
> When sh is diverted to dash, package configuration often fails almost
> without a sight because 'sh -r' commands fail.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/scripts$ cat iww
> echo "It won't work"
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/scripts$ sh -r iww # sh is diverted to bash
> It won't work
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/scripts$ dash -r iww
> dash: Illegal option -r
Hi Yves, that's true. dash limits itself to POSIX features plus some
extension, see also
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/sh.html
On Debian you cannot rely on /bin/sh supporting -r, and should use
/bin/bash or some other shell that supports it explicitly.
Regards, Gerrit.
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