[debian-mysql] Bug#778678: Bug#778678: Bug#778678: mysql-server: still some bashism

[Akhil Mohan]

On Wednesday 18 February 2015 06:21 PM, Norvald H. Ryeng wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:42:49 +0100, Bjoern Boschman
> <bjoern at boschman.de> wrote:
>
>> now I'm confused - I thought it should b a noGo to use /bin/bash
>> within maintainer scripts - but it seems to apply more to init scripts
>> rather then additional scripts.
>> can anybody enlighten me?
>
> AFAIK the rule is to not use bash specific syntax (bashisms) in
> scripts run with /bin/sh. If you use /bin/bash, you can use all the
> bashisms you want.
>
> Of course, sticking to strict POSIX sh is generally a good thing, but
> I think we have more important things to work on just now.
Right and I am using bash specific stuff quite frequently so this won't
be a quick fix.
>
> Regards,
>
> Norvald H. Ryeng
>
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