Package: debootstrap
Version: 0.3.1.7
Severity: important
The function 'repeat' in /usr/lib/debootstrap/functions causes a problem
if /bin/sh is not linked to bash but zsh:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ % debootstrap
/usr/lib/debootstrap/functions:951: parse error near `()'
I: usage: [OPTION]... <suite> <target> [<mirror> [<script>]]
I: Try `debootstrap --help' for more information.
E: You must specify a suite and a target.
,---- [ a short demonstration ]
| % cat ./test_repeat
| function repeat () {
| echo $*
| }
| repeat foobar
|
| % zsh
| % ./test_repeat foobar
| ./test_repeat:6: parse error near `\n'
| % zsh ./test_repeat
| %
| % sh ./test_repeat foobar
| ./test_repeat:6: parse error near `\n'
| % which sh
| /bin/sh
| % ls -l /bin/sh
| lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 2005-11-20 17:50 /bin/sh -> /bin/zsh
| % bash ./test_repeat foobar
| foobar
| %
`----
AFAICS the problem is that 'repeat' is a shell reserved word in zsh:
% zsh -c 'which repeat'
repeat: shell reserved word
while it's not in bash:
% bash -c 'type repeat'
bash: line 0: type: repeat: not found
A fix would be either to use /bin/bash in the shebang line of
debootstrap (this is my current fix) or to rename function 'repeat' to
something different.
regards,
-mika-
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