Bug#1078095: libeccodes-tools: please drop ksh and alternatives

Chris Hofstaedtler zeha at debian.org
Tue Aug 6 21:59:42 BST 2024


Package: libeccodes-tools
Version: 2.36.1-1
X-Debbugs-CC: helmut at subdivi.de, debian-release at lists.debian.org

Hi,

libeccodes-tools is a key package, as such it pulls in its
dependencies into the key package set.

Currently it pulls mksh and possibly the listed alternatives pdksh |
zsh | ksh into the key package set.

>From what I can tell, only /usr/bin/bufr_compare_dir wants /bin/ksh,
and it looks like it would work unmodified with /bin/bash.

Please patch /usr/bin/bufr_compare_dir to specify #!/bin/bash and
drop the Depends: mksh | pdksh | zsh | ksh.

I'll also note that zsh doesn't actually provide /bin/ksh.

Thanks,
Chris



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