"Adam D. Barratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: lintian > Version: 1.23.46 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > > dash (finally) gained support for the shell arithmetic construct "$((var > +1))" with the upload of 0.5.4-3 in December 2007 (see #329025). > > As lenny contains a version of dash with the support, I've attached a > patch removing the corresponding test from the bashisms section of > checks/scripts.
dash is not the metric for bashisms, though. If it's not in POSIX and isn't listed as an exception in Policy 10.4, it's not allowed for /bin/sh scripts. Do you think we should add this as an additional exception? -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
