Package: devscripts Version: 2.10.35 Severity: normal --- Please enter the report below this line. ---
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh: $'...' is a bashism to expand escape sequences; for example, $'\t' expands to a horizontal tab. Use "$(printf '\t')" etc. instead. Indeed $'...' only works with bash, but fails with dash. Further expanding bytes with hexadecimal value HH is problematic: Both $'\xHH' and "$(printf '\xHH')" fail under dash, but work under bash. Using GNU printf instead of the dash builtin works: "$(/usr/bin/printf '\xHH')" --- $ dpkg -l bash dash Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii bash 3.2-4 The GNU Bourne Again SHell ii dash 0.5.4-12 POSIX-compliant shell -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
