[Pkg-erlang-devel] Bug#581450: erlang: bashism in debian/rules

[Raphael Geissert]

Source: erlang
Version: 1:13.b.4-dfsg-5
Severity: important
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's debian/rules making use of a
bashism.

checkbashisms' output:
> possible bashism in rules line 138 ([^] should be [!]):
> 	rm -f [^p]*-stamp


Not using bash (or a Debian Policy compliant shell interpreter that
doesn't provide such an extra feature) as /bin/sh is likely to lead to
errors or unexpected behaviours. Please be aware that dash is now the
default /bin/sh.

Hints about how to fix bashisms can be found at:
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'.

Thank you,
Raphael Geissert