[Pkg-scicomp-devel] Bug#530089: gmsh: bashism in /bin/sh script

[Christophe Geuzaine]

Raphael - Thanks for the bug report. The offending script has been 
removed from CVS.

Christophe

Raphael Geissert wrote:
> Package: gmsh
> Severity: minor
> Version: 2.3.1.dfsg-2
> User: debian-release at 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/gmsh/utils/misc/testgeo.sh line 14
>> (should be >word 2>&1):
>>   $program $file -o /tmp/tmp.msh >& log ;
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 
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Prof. Christophe Geuzaine
University of Liege, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~geuzaine