Package: dash
Version: 0.5.5.1-7
Severity: normal
Dash appears to limit usage of redirection syntax
in a way that impacts existing perl applications
that rely on bash-compatible behavior (e.g. Bug#599693,
against squeeze.)
$ perl -e "system('cat 2>&1>/dev/null &')"
sh: Syntax error: redirection unexpected
$ which sh | xargs ls -l
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jun 15 23:20 /bin/sh -> dash
No such error occurs when the link is /bin/sh -> bash
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages dash depends on:
ii debianutils 3.4.1 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii dpkg 1.15.8.5 Debian package management system
ii libc6 2.11.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
dash recommends no packages.
dash suggests no packages.
-- debconf information:
* dash/sh: true
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