On 2012-05-09 16:50 +0200, Artur R. Czechowski wrote:

> Package: backup-manager
> Version: 0.7.10.1-1
> Severity: normal
>
> Some parameters provided via debconf templates can contain special
> characters expanded by shell, like ($` etc...

Is this a real problem or just a theoretical observation?  You can
always shoot yourself in the foot if you aim precisely at it…

> That's why parameters
> in /etc/backup-manager.conf shall be quoted in '' instead of "".

Single quotes will break at least for BM_ARCHIVE_PREFIX which defaults to
"$HOSTNAME", so switching to them should be done with care.

Cheers,
       Sven



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