Package: python
Severity: minor
Hi,
on Debian stable (please close if already fixed in sid):
$ fgrep ' \' /usr/share/debhelper/autoscripts/prerm-pyclean
dpkg -L #PACKAGE# | grep \.py$ | while read file
The \ is not passed to grep, instead it is used to quote the . in the
shell.
Correct would be:
dpkg -L #PACKAGE# | grep \\.py$ | while read file
Or even better:
dpkg -L #PACKAGE# | grep '\.py$' | while read file
To test shell quoting, these commands can be used:
printf '%s\n' \.
printf '%s\n' \\.
printf '%s\n' '\'
Carsten
P.S.: IMHO “read -r” would make more sense than “read”
