Bug#581481: alien-arena-server: bashism in /bin/sh script

Raphael Geissert atomo64 at gmail.com
Thu May 13 04:28:37 UTC 2010


Package: alien-arena-server
Severity: important
Version: 7.40-1
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/lib/games/alien-arena/launch-server line 51
> (unsafe echo with backslash):
> specified by its basename, or it can be specified by its full path.\n\n"


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





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