On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 10:43:34AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 02:13:44PM +0530, Ganesan R wrote: > > Or simply remove the -e option. builtin echo parses "\n" in bash as well as > > dash.
Bash needs a shopt -s xpg_echo first, I did that in my package. I was
still afraid to change too much.
> That isn't mandated by POSIX, though, and there are shells in Debian
> that don't do that. I agree with Andreas: use printf instead.
A sponsor already uploaded the package, but a next version will use printf.
Since printf is part of coreutils, and coreutils is essential, I don't
even need an extra dependency, right?
Greetings,
Chris Niekel
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