Author: adam-guest
Date: 2008-03-03 19:13:58 +0000 (Mon, 03 Mar 2008)
New Revision: 1093
Modified:
trunk/debian/changelog
trunk/scripts/checkbashisms.1
Log:
+ Clarify in the manpage that some issues detected by the script may
be XSIisms etc rather than strictly bash-specific features
Modified: trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/changelog 2008-03-02 21:35:27 UTC (rev 1092)
+++ trunk/debian/changelog 2008-03-03 19:13:58 UTC (rev 1093)
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
+ Use Getopt::Long for option parsing
+ Add an option to force checking of scripts that would normally be
skipped (Closes: #469023)
+ + Clarify in the manpage that some issues detected by the script may
+ be XSIisms etc rather than strictly bash-specific features
-- Adam D. Barratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:42:02 +0000
Modified: trunk/scripts/checkbashisms.1
===================================================================
--- trunk/scripts/checkbashisms.1 2008-03-02 21:35:27 UTC (rev 1092)
+++ trunk/scripts/checkbashisms.1 2008-03-03 19:13:58 UTC (rev 1093)
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@
possible presence of bashisms. It takes the names of the shell
scripts on the command line, and outputs warnings if possible bashisms
are detected.
+.PP
+Note that the definition of a bashism in this context roughly equates
+to "a shell feature that is not required to be supported by POSIX"; this
+means that some issues flagged may be permitted under optional sections
+of POSIX, such as XSI or User Portability.
+.PP
+In cases where POSIX and Debian Policy disagree, \fBcheckbashisms\fR by
+default allows extensions permitted by Policy but may also provide
+options for stricter checking.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BR \-\-help ", " \-h
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