Package: dash
Version: 0.5.5.1-6
Severity: important
File: /bin/dash


the condition is not working anymore into SH 
(still it can under BASH)

meu...@pc001:~$ [ "$HOSTNAME" = "pc001" ] && echo hello
hello
meu...@pc001:~$ sh .startup
meu...@pc001:~$ bash .startup
hello
meu...@pc001:~$ sh .startup
meu...@pc001:~$ cat .startup



if [ "$HOSTNAME" = "pc001" ] ; then

echo hello

meu...@pc001:~$ cat .startup



if [ "$HOSTNAME" = "pc001" ] ; then

echo hello

meu...@pc001:~$ sh .startup
meu...@pc001:~$ bash .startup
hello
meu...@pc001:~$ [ "$HOSTNAME" = "pc001" ] && echo hello
hello
meu...@pc001:~$ 

Best regards
Y.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-3-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages dash depends on:
ii  debianutils                   3.2.3      Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  dpkg                          1.15.7.2   Debian package management system
ii  libc6                         2.10.2-9   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib

dash recommends no packages.

dash suggests no packages.

-- debconf information:
* dash/sh: true



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