Package: med-doc
Severity: minor
Version: 0.6
User: debian-release@lists.debian.org
Usertags: goal-dash

Hello maintainer,

While performing an archive wide checkbashisms (from the 'devscripts' package)
check I've found your package containing a /bin/sh script making use
of a bashism.

checkbashisms' output:
> possible bashism in ./usr/share/doc/med-doc/talks/200206_ltk/build-html
> line 27 (should be 'b = a'):
>   if [ "_${MGP}_" == "__" ] ; then
> possible bashism in ./usr/share/doc/med-doc/talks/200206_ltk/build-html
> line 28 (echo -e):
>     echo -e "\n\n${DEBVER}"
> possible bashism in ./usr/share/doc/med-doc/talks/200206_ltk/build-html
> line 31 (echo -e):
>     echo -e "\n\n${MGPINST}"
> possible bashism in
> ./usr/share/doc/med-doc/talks/200205_magdeburg/build-html line 27 (should
> be 'b = a'):
>   if [ "_${MGP}_" == "__" ] ; then
> possible bashism in
> ./usr/share/doc/med-doc/talks/200205_magdeburg/build-html line 28 (echo
> -e):
>     echo -e "\n\n${DEBVER}"
> possible bashism in
> ./usr/share/doc/med-doc/talks/200205_magdeburg/build-html line 31 (echo
> -e):
>     echo -e "\n\n${MGPINST}"
> possible bashism in ./usr/share/doc/med-doc/talks/200208_bmg/build-html
> line 27 (should be 'b = a'):
>   if [ "_${MGP}_" == "__" ] ; then
> possible bashism in ./usr/share/doc/med-doc/talks/200208_bmg/build-html
> line 28 (echo -e):
>     echo -e "\n\n${DEBVER}"
> possible bashism in ./usr/share/doc/med-doc/talks/200208_bmg/build-html
> line 31 (echo -e):
>     echo -e "\n\n${MGPINST}"


Not using bash (or a Debian Policy conformant shell interpreter which doesn't
provide such an extra feature) as /bin/sh is likely to lead to errors or
unexpected behaviours.
Please be aware that although bash is currently the default /bin/sh there was
a release goal for Lenny to make dash the default /bin/sh[1], and has been
proposed for squeeze as well[2].

If you want more information about dash as /bin/sh, you can read:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2008/01/msg00189.html

For more information supporting this goal please refer to Debian Policy,
section 10.4, at:
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s-scripts

Hints about how to fix bashisms:
Sometimes these bugs are already fixed in Ubuntu, look at the PTS.
If not already fixed you can read:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh

If you still don't know how to fix the bashisms don't hesitate to reply to
this email, or tag the bug as 'help'.

[1]http://release.debian.org/lenny/goals.txt
[2]http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2009/04/msg00133.html

Thank you,
Raphael Geissert