On Sunday 31 May 2009 14:07:13 Jiří Paleček wrote: > On Thu, 28 May 2009 23:45:34 +0200, Raphael Geissert <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > On Tuesday 26 May 2009 17:15:59 Jiří Paleček wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> > While performing an archive wide checkbashisms (from the 'devscripts' > >> > package) > >> > check I've found your package containing a /bin/sh script making use > >> > of a bashism. > >> > >> Thanks for your effort. I'd just like to ask some questions: > >> > >> - is it OK to use a bashism (in this case, a Bash predefined variable), > >> if > >> the behaviour of the script is good even when it is undefined? > > > > I'd say no, because the variable is used because of some reason. > > Even if that "reason" is to detect redhat systems?
Patches should be forwarded to upstream, and I assume upstream is also interested in Red Hat. Cheers, -- Raphael Geissert - Debian Maintainer www.debian.org - get.debian.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
