Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: dash
It seems dash does not handle escape characters correctly. Below is how
I can trigger (what I think is) an error on Ubuntu 8.04.1.
# cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.04.1"
# ls -l /bin/sh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2008-03-19 13:13 /bin/sh -> dash
# dpkg -l dash
ii dash 0.5.4-8ubuntu1 POSIX-compliant shell
# cat /tmp/runme
echo "printf(\"Hello\\n\");"
# /bin/bash /tmp/runme
printf("Hello\n");
## THE PROBLEM IS HERE
# /bin/sh /tmp/runme
printf("Hello
");
I also tested this on our server running NetBSD/amd64 and I have no
problems with /bin/sh there.
# uname -srm
NetBSD 4.0_STABLE amd64
# ls -l /bin/sh
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 167620 Aug 13 08:40 /bin/sh
# /usr/pkg/bin/bash /tmp/runme
printf("Hello\n");
# /bin/sh /tmp/runme
printf("Hello\n");
** Affects: dash (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Wrong escape character processing in dash
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/268929
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