On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 05:28:13PM +0200, Teodor MICU wrote: > Hi, Hey
> > 2011/1/24 Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org>: > >> Yes, it does cover the case where MILTERSOCKET contains something but > >> not if it is empty. For this I would recommend 'printf' since 'echo > >> -n' is not portable and not working with /bin/dash. > >> > > Eh, what? > > > > Scripts may assume that `/bin/sh' implements the SUSv3 Shell Command > > Language[1] plus the following additional features not mandated by > > SUSv3:[2] > > > > * `echo -n', if implemented as a shell built-in, must not generate > > a newline. > > > > Works with dash afaict. > > Last time I checked I was testing several systems (not only on Debian) > and I had some issues with "echo -n". Ever since I've replace it with > 'printf' but you might be right that "echo -n" is working fine with > dash too. I know for user that I'll stick to this convention since I > don't have Debian on all hosts. Well as far as I know Debian currently only supports /bin/bash and /bin/dash as providers of /bin/sh so I guess it's currently safe to use echo -n in init scripts. > > Thanks > Thanks for you input Harald -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
