[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#486056: smbclient: bashism in /bin/sh script

[Steve Langasek]

severity 486056 minor
thanks

On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 12:08:27AM -0500, Raphael Geissert wrote:
> Package: smbclient
> Severity: important
> Version: 2:3.0.30-2
> 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 one or more /bin/sh scripts making 
> use of bashisms.

> checkbashisms' output:
> > possible bashism in ./usr/bin/smbtar line 154 (unsafe echo with backslash):
> >       echo "share     is $service\\$cdcmd"

This is a line that's output when using a verbose flag on a seldom-used
client application, and it's informational only.  Release goal or not, this
bug is not "important".

I don't suppose you have a better fix for this than changing the interpreter
to /bin/bash?  I'm happy to apply a patch.

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