[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#523399: Bug#523399: cups: /etc/init.d/cups - use POSIX command substitution $()

Martin Pitt mpitt at debian.org
Fri Apr 10 14:17:30 UTC 2009


severity 523399 wishlist
thanks

Hello Jari,

Jari Aalto [2009-04-10 12:51 +0300]:
> - The $() was introduced to POSIX to improve readability.
> - The $() is more safe. It nests, and
>   "...all characters between the parentheses make up the command; none
>   are treated specially"[1]

I'm aware of those, but I don't use nesting in cups' init.d right now,
and it works with any shell.

So, I keep this open, I might change it when I have another reason to
change the init.d script anyway. But that shouldn't happen any time
soon.

Thanks,

Martin
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