Bug#372648: update-grub error using dash: "shift: 973: can't shift that many"

[Leandro Lucarella]

Package: grub
Version: 0.97-10
Severity: important


When I run update-grub using dash as the sh-like shell I get this output
(and menu.lst isn't updated):

manuk:/home/luca# update-grub
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.list file ... found:
/boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.17-rc5
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.16-2-686
Found kernel: /memtest86+.bin
shift: 973: can't shift that many

If I use bash it works just fine.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-rc5
Locale: LANG=es_AR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_AR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages grub depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.3.999.2-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libncurses5                  5.5-2       Shared libraries for terminal hand

grub recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information