Package: chm2pdf
Severity: important
Version: 0.9-2
User: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Usertags: goal-dash
Hello maintainer,
While preparing a patch for #501959 I noticed a bashism in the python script.
affected line:
> os.system('extract_chmLib ' + filename + ' ' + CHM2PDF_ORIG_DIR
> + '&> /dev/null')
Not using bash (or a Debian Policy conformant shell interpreter which does
provide such an extra feature) as /bin/sh is likely to lead to errors or
unexpected behaviours.
Please be aware that although bash is currently the default /bin/sh there's a
release goal for Lenny to make dash the default /bin/sh[1].
If you want more information about dash as /bin/sh, you can read:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2008/01/msg00189.html
For more information please refer to the Debian Policy section 10.4 supporting
this argument at:
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s-scripts
Hints about how to fix bashisms:
Sometimes these bugs are already fixed in Ubuntu, look at the PTS.
If not already fixed you can read:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh
[1]http://release.debian.org/lenny/goals.txt
Thank you,
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