Package: gnu-smalltalk-common
Severity: important
Version: 3.0.3-2
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/gnu-smalltalk/vfs/uzip line 24 ($UID should
> be "$(id -ru)"):
>     $XZIPINFO -l "$1" | gawk -v uid=${UID-0} -v zipfile="$1" -v
> xunzip=${XUNZIP-unzip} '
> possible bashism in ./usr/share/gnu-smalltalk/vfs/uzip line 58 ($UID should
> be "$(id -ru)"):
>     $XUNZIP -v "$1" | gawk -v uid=${UID-0} '
> possible bashism in ./usr/share/gnu-smalltalk/vfs/uzip line 93 ($RANDOM):
>	dir=$TMPDIR/uzip$$-$RANDOM
> possible bashism in ./usr/share/gnu-smalltalk/vfs/urar line 18 ($UID should
> be "$(id -ru)"):
>      $UNRAR v -c- "$1" | gawk -v uid=${UID-0} '
> possible bashism in ./usr/share/gnu-smalltalk/vfs/urar line 72 ($RANDOM):
>     dir=tmpdir.${RANDOM}
> possible bashism in ./usr/share/gnu-smalltalk/vfs/uzoo line 16 ($UID should
> be "$(id -ru)"):
>     $ZOO l $1 | gawk -v uid=${UID-0} '


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